Stuart Pottasch
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| Born | 16 January 1932  New York City |
| Died | 4 April 2018 (aged 86) Groningen |
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| Thesis | The Novae Outburst |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Nelson Thomas |
Stuart Pottasch (16 January 1932 – 4 April 2018) was a professor at the
Personal life
Pottasch was born in
He married Anna Maria de Groot, whom he met on his first visit to Leiden. They had three children; a daughter and two sons. Anna Maria died in 1989, after which he married Greet Mientjes and moved to an isolated farm house in Tolbert, Leek, Netherlands.[1]
He died in Groningen on 4 April 2018 after a long illness.[1]
Education and research
He received a bachelor's degree in
He became a Professor of Astrophysics at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen from 1963, a position he was offered by Adriaan Blaauw. He was Chairman of the Department of Astronomy in 1969–1982.[1] He retired with a pension in 1997,[2] and he was subsequently an Emeritus Professor.[1]
His main research focus was
He was
He supervised 22 PhD students, including Harm Habing, Klaas de Boer and Jacqueline van Gorkom.[1]
He was a member of Academia Europaea from 1989.[2]
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