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Willem Jacob van Stockum
1910Nov, 20

Willem Jacob van Stockum

Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (d. 1944)
Willem Jacob van Stockum (20 November 1910 – 10 June 1944) was a Dutch mathematician who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity.

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