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4 Observator and Professor
Fig. 4.5 The Academy Building of the University of Groningen at the time Kapteyn was
appointed to the position of professor. It had been in use since 1850, but would be
completely destroyed in a fire in 1906. University Museum Groningen [44]
Fig. 4.6 Rudolf Adriaan Mees (1844–1886), professor of physics, who taught astronomy
in Groningen until the arrival of Kapteyn. University Museum Groningen [45]
4 Observator and Professor
Fig. 4.5 The Academy Building of the University of Groningen at the time Kapteyn was
appointed to the position of professor. It had been in use since 1850, but would be
completely destroyed in a fire in 1906. University Museum Groningen [44]
Fig. 4.6 Rudolf Adriaan Mees (1844–1886), professor of physics, who taught astronomy
in Groningen until the arrival of Kapteyn. University Museum Groningen [45]