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Droste, J. (Johannes), 1886-1963

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Personal name headingDroste, J. (Johannes), 1886-1963
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Variant(s)Droste, Johannes, 1886-1963
Birth date18860528
Death date19630916
Place of birthGrave (Netherlands)
Place of deathLeiden (Netherlands)
Field of activityRelativity (Physics)
AffiliationRijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Profession or occupationPhysicists
Found inEenheid der wiskunde, 1930: title page (Dr. J. Droste)
OCLC viewed Aug. 4, 2014: (access point: Droste,, Johannes; usage: J. Droste, Johannes Droste)
SpringerReference web site viewed Aug. 4, 2014: Droste, Johannes (Johannes Droste, born, Grave, Netherlands, 28 May 1886; died, Leiden, Netherlands, 16 September 1963. Derived the "Schwarzschild solution" to Albert Einstein's equations of general relativity. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Leiden in 1916 for his work under advisor Hendrik Antoon Lorentz on (in English translation) "Gravitational field of one or more bodies according to the theory of Einstein")