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Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students and Academic Genealogy Appendix A Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students and Academic Genealogy Do I ever get tired of writing? No. I can do it sitting down, can’t I? Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971) A.1 Curriculum Vitae Figures A.1 and A.2 show Oort’s curriculum vitae as he has written it himself. From the years quoted, it can be concluded that he compiled this after he had turned seventy. A.2 Publications by J.H. Oort The bibliography of Oort below is taken from the JKM-Inventory [1] by J.K. Katgert- Merkelijn, which contains a complete list of all Oort’s publications. The list below is not complete but contains only the papers referred to in this book. The original list in the JKM-Inventory [1] (appendix, starting on p. 161) covers the period of 1922– 1992 and was compiled first by Dini Ondei-Beneker, Oort’s longtime secretary, and by Jay Ekers, Willem N. Brouw and Hugo van Woerden, for the Liber Amicorum, LibAm80 [2], of 1980 and has been updated and revised by Dini Ondei and Jet Katgert- Merkelijn. The original designations as in the JKM-Inventory [1] have been kept, so e.g. Oort (1981d) is for his autobiographical essay in the Annual Review, AnnRev81 Dutch writer. No Dutch or Flemish author ever won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Vestdijk prob- ably came closest; between 1950 and 1966, for which the Nobel archives are public, he has been nominated fifteen times. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 621 P. C. van der Kruit, Jan Hendrik Oort, Astrophysics and Space Science Library 459, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17801-7 622 Appendix A: Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students … Fig. A.1 Oort’s own text for his c.v. It must have been produced after he turned seventy [3] There are a few additions to this list. The first one—Oort (1921)—is a Dutch article about Kapteyn that he wrote as a student in 1921 and that has been published in the yearbook (studentenalmanak) of the student association Vindicat atque Polit Appendix A: Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students … 623 Fig. A.2 Oort’s own text for his c.v.–continued in Groningen. Other additions are Oort (1925g), Oort (1943g) and Oort (1951l). The contributions of Oort to the OECD Symposium on Large Radio Telescopes in Paris in 1961, have been quoted incompletely in the JKM-Inventory [1]. Only 1962j was identified there as the conference contribution, 1962k was identified as a BCAP Memo, but not as part of this conference, while 1962l and 1962m are new additions here. Many, but far from all, of these publications have been listed by the NASA Astron- omy Data System ADS (see Appendix C.1) and usually scanned copies are available there. I have indicated the ADS code at the end of the full reference between square brackets. Another source, which does require access arrangements, is the non-profit organization JSTOR at jstor.org. The publications by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) are made available on the Digital Library—Dutch His- tory of science web centre [384]. A complete list of Oort’s publications with links to scans at ADS or other ‘>places can be found on the accompanying Website www.astro.rug.nl/JHOort. Oort. J. H. 1921. Iets over het werk van Prof. J.C. Kapteyn, Groningensche Studen- tenalmanak voor het jaar 1922, vier-en-negentigste jaargang, 202–215. Oort, J. H. 1922. Some peculiarities in the motion of stars of high velocity. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 1, 133–137. [1922BAN.....1..133O] Schilt, J. & Oort, J. H. 1923. The frequency of a component of the linear velocity for stars brighter than 3m. 8 of spectral types F, G, K and M, derived from the proper motions of Boss’ Catalogue. Hoitsema brothers, Groningen. 624 Appendix A: Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students … Oort, J. H. & H.M. Marsh, H. M. 1924a. On the proper motions of stars of the thirteenth magnitude. Popular Astronomy, 32, 559–561. [1924PA.....32..559O] Oort, J. H. 1924b. A comparison of the average velocity of binaries with that of single stars. Astronomical Journal, 35, 141–144. [1924AJ.....35..141O] Oort, J. H. 1924c. Note on the difference in velocity between absolutely bright and faint stars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.), 10, 253–256. [1924PNAS...10..253O] Oort, J. H. 1924d. On a possible relation between globular clusters and stars of high velocity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.), 10, 256–260. [1924PNAS...10..256O] Oort, J. H. 1924e. A comparison of the average velocity of binaries with that of single stars. Popular Astronomy, 32, 226–227. [1924PA.....32..226O] Sanders, C. & Oort, J. H. 1925b. A discussion of the determination of declinations from azimuth measures made near the equator. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 2, 201–208. [1925BAN.....2..201S] Errata: BAN 2, V. de Sitter, W. & Oort, J. H. 1925d. Provisional scheme for the determination of fundamental declinations from azimuth observations. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 3, 1–6. [1925BAN.....3....1D] Oort, J. H. & Doorn, N. W. 1925f. The solar motion from radial velocities of the absolutely brightest stars of spectra F, G, K and M. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 3, 71. [1925BAN.....3...71O] Oort, J. H. 1925g. Bepaling van declinatie’s onafhankelijk van vertikale refractie (abstract). Hemel & Dampking, 23, 79–80. Oort, J. H. 1926a. Asymmetry in the distribution of stellar velocities,TheObser- vatory, 49, 302–304 [1926Obs....49..302O] Oort, J. H. 1926b. The stars of high velocity. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, also: Publications of the Kapteyn Astronomical Laboratory Groningen, 40, 1–75. [1926PhDT.........1O] Oort, J. H. 1927a. Niet-lichtgevende materie in het sterrenstelsel, Inaugural Lec- ture, reprinted in Hemel and Dampkring 25, 13–21 and 60–70. Non-Light emitting matter in the Stellar System, translated by P. C. van der Kruit in the The Legacy of J.C. Kapteyn, Appendix A. Oort, J. H. 1927c. Observational evidence confirming Lindblad’s hypothesis of a rotation of the Galactic System. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 3, 275–282. [1927BAN.....3..275O] Oort, J. H. 1927d. Investigations concerning the rotational motion of the Galac- tic System together with new determinations of secular parallaxes, precession and motion of the equinox. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 4, 79–89 (Errata: 4, 94). [1927BAN.....4...79O] Oort, J. H. 1927e. Additional notes concerning the rotation of the Galac- tic System. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 4, 91–92. [1927BAN.....4...91O] Oort, J, H. 1927f. Summary of the principal radial velocity data used for the results of Bull. Astr. Inst. Netherlands 3 275 and 4 79. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 4, 93–94. [1927BAN.....4...93O] Appendix A: Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students … 625 Oort, J. H. 1928a. An investigation of the constant of refraction from observations at Leiden and at the Cape. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 4, 137–142. [1928BAN.....4..137O] Oort, J. H. 1928b. Dynamics of the Galactic System in the vicinity of the Sun. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 4, 269–284. [1928BAN..... 4..269O] Oort, J. H. 1928c. Catalogue of 460 stars for the epoch and equinox 1885.0, from meridian observations made at Leiden in the years 1880 to 1897. Annalen van de Sterrewacht te Leiden, 13, D1–D47. [1928AnLei..13D...1O] Oort, J. H. 1929a. Note on O. Struve’s intensity estimates of the Calcium K line in early-type stars. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 5, 105–107. [1929BAN.....5..105O Oort, J. H. 1930a. The estimated number of high velocities among stars selected according to proper motion. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Nether- lands, 5, 189–192. [1930BAN.....5..189O] Oort, J. H. 1930b. The motion of the Sun with respect to the interstellar gas. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 5, 192–194. [1930BAN..... 5..192O] Oort. J. H. 1930c. Note on the velocities of extragalactic nebulae. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 5, 239–241. [1930BAN.....5..239O] Oort, J. H. 1931a. Some problems concerning the distribution of luminosities and peculiar velocities of extragalactic nebulae. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 6, 155–160. [1931BAN.....6..155O] Oort, J. H. 1931b. Licht-absorptie in het Melkwegstelsel. Hemel & Dampkring, 29, 41–49. Oort. J. H. 1932a. The force exerted by the stellar system in the direction perpen- dicular to the Galactic plane and some related problems. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 6, 249–287. [1932BAN.....6..249O] Oort, J. H. 1932b. Note on the distribution of luminosities of K and M giants. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 6, 289–294. [1932BAN..... 6..289O] Oort, J. H. 1935a. Obituary: Willem de Sitter, The Observatory, 58, 22–27. [1935Obs....58...22O] Oort, J. H. 1936b. De bouw der sterrenstelsels, Inaugural lecture, reprinted in Hemel & Dampkring, 34, 1–16. Oort, J. H. 1936c. Mean parallaxes of faint stars derived from the Radcliffe Cata- logue of proper motions. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 8, 75–104. [1936BAN.....8...75O] Oort, J. H. 1937a. A redetermination of the constant of precession, the motion of the equinox and the rotation of the Galaxy from faint stars observed at the McCormick Observatory. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, 8, 149–155.
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