Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Willem Sitter Biography and Timeline

Follow Willem Sitter through 1 dated historical records for Netherlands.

Willem Sitter, historical timeline

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1917–1917Years on this page

1917

De Sitter Universe

Astronomer · Leiden · Science / Cosmology

Develops a relativistic cosmological model with repulsive expansion-like behaviour.

Role range: 1872-1934

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