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Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (November 1, 1896, Barneveld, Gelderland – August 16, 1964) was a Dutch teacher and astronomer. He was born at Barneveld in the Netherlands, to a family of teachers. After being awarded his Ph.D. in 1923, he would become a professor of astronomy in Amsterdam. For most of his life he served as an educator, working in the developing countries of Indonesia, Liberia, and Turkey. While he was in Indonesia he served as that nation's Minister of Education. He became the director of the astronomy institute in Turkey, after moving there in 1954. He would help found the Ankara University Observatory. Over a forty year career he would publish a number of papers on astronomy, including studies of stars and stellar systems. He died in 1964 as the result of a painful ailment. The crater Kreiken on the Moon is named after him. ==External links== *(Prof. Dr. Egbert Adriaan KREIKEN (1896-1964) ) *(Obituary ) *(Teaching in Monrovia in 1952 ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Egbert Adriaan Kreiken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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