What is Lodewijk Woltjer?
[[File:Lodewijk Woltjer at the ESO 50th Anniversary Gala Event - 01.jpg|right|200px]] '''Lodewijk Woltjer''' (26 April 1930 – 25 August 2019) was an Austrian [[astronomer]] and editor. He was born in [[Noordwijk]], [[Netherlands]]. From 1964 to 1974 he was Rutherford Professor of Astronomy and Chair of the Astronomy Department at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]]. From 1975 to 1987, he was Director General of the [[European Southern Observatory]] (ESO). In 1994–1997 he was President of the [[International Astronomical Union]]. He was the first Editor-in-Chief of ''[[The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review]]'' in 1989 and also the Editor of ''[[the Astronomical Journal]]'' in 1967 to 1974. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Woltjer_Lodewijk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Woltjer_Lodewijk |title=Lodewijk Woltjer |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Woltjer died on 25 August 2019 in [[Geneva]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lodewijk Woltjer (1930–2019) |url=https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19042/ |website=www.eso.org |access-date=27 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://hoogleraren.leidenuniv.nl/id/2823 Website Leiden Professors] {{DEFAULTSORT:Woltjer, Lodewijk}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch astronomers]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}