Ralph Wijers

Dutch astronomer

Person Human Q29016756

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: May 31, 1964
Date of death: July 21, 2026
Place of birth: Sittard
Place of death: Heiloo
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands^[7]
Occupation: astrophysicist, university teacher
Employer: University of Amsterdam^[10]
Position held: board member^[9]
Educated at: University of Amsterdam^[11]
Doctoral advisor: Jan van Paradijs, Ed van den Heuvel^[12]^[13]
Doctoral student: Evghenii Gaburov^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[24]
Family name: Wijers^[19]
Given name: Ralph, Antoine, Marie, Joseph^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Member of: Academia Europaea, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Astronomical Union^[14]^[15]^[16]
Native language: English^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

en Ralph Antoine Marie Joseph Wijers en Ralph Wijers nl R.A.M.J. Wijers nl R. Wijers zh 拉尔夫·韦尔斯

🔖 Identifiers · 35

ISNI: 000000011486983X
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3101-1808
VIAF cluster ID: 161010
Library of Congress Authorities ID: nr91043234
GND ID: 172979781
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ralph Wijers (2013).jpg ↗
AE member ID: Wijers_Ralph
Academic Tree ID: 732658
AstroGen ID: 6547
BIBSYS ID: 90548753
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 134794705
CONOR.SI ID: 228195939

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Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11631785
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216571929088
Dimensions author ID: 01061357621.15
GTAA ID: 1010208
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11g6x84ymh
IAU member ID: 39884
IAU member ID (archived): 9047
INSPIRE-HEP author ID: R.A.M.J.Wijers.1
IdRef ID: 16607750X
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 130500
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA09790387
NARCIS researcher ID: PRS1288624
NUKAT ID: n97081151
National Library of Korea ID: KAC202332816
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812829196905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 087011409
RERO ID (legacy): A011708473
SBN author ID: MILV176703
Scopus author ID: 7004571332
Springer Nature person ID: 01061357621.15
University of Amsterdam Album Academicum ID: id002412
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmdpKxr3W8Kp96rrcvfv3
Yale LUX ID: person/e7db53d5-3855-4442-9baa-7610abbb05cd

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University of Amsterdam

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Identifying transient and variable sources in radio images

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Identifying transient and variable sources in radio images

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Summary

Ralph Wijers was born on May 31, 1964^[1], in Sittard^[2]. He died on July 21, 2026^[3], in Heiloo^[4]. He worked as an astrophysicist^[5] and university teacher^[6].

FAQs

Where was Ralph Wijers born?

Ralph Wijers's place of birth was Sittard^[2].

Where did Ralph Wijers die?

Ralph Wijers died in Heiloo^[4].

What did Ralph Wijers do for work?

Ralph Wijers worked as an astrophysicist^[5] and university teacher^[6].

Where did Ralph Wijers go to school?

Ralph Wijers was educated at University of Amsterdam^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ralph Wijers — place of birth (P19): Sittard. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ralph Wijers — place of death (P20): Heiloo. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ralph Wijers — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2018-12-22. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ralph Wijers — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of the Netherlands. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ralph Wijers — position held (P39): board member. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ralph Wijers — educated at (P69): University of Amsterdam. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ralph Wijers — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ralph Wijers — occupation (P106): astrophysicist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ralph Wijers — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ralph Wijers — employer (P108): University of Amsterdam. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ralph Wijers — doctoral advisor (P184): Jan van Paradijs. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ralph Wijers — doctoral advisor (P184): Ed van den Heuvel. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ralph Wijers — doctoral student (P185): Evghenii Gaburov. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ralph Wijers — member of (P463): Academia Europaea. ae-info.org. ae-info.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ralph Wijers — member of (P463): Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ralph Wijers — member of (P463): International Astronomical Union. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ralph Wijers — date of birth (P569): May 31, 1964. data.bibliotheken.nl. Retrieved 2026-03-05. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ralph Wijers — date of death (P570): July 21, 2026. astronomie.nl. astronomie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ralph Wijers — family name (P734): Wijers. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ralph Wijers — given name (P735): Ralph. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ralph Wijers — given name (P735): Antoine. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ralph Wijers — given name (P735): Marie. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ralph Wijers — given name (P735): Joseph. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ralph Wijers — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-09. wikidata.org.

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5w ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57699: add P1810 to P396"
5w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Ralph, Antoine, Marie +1

Place of death → Heiloo

SBN author ID → MILV176703

Date of death → July 21, 2026

"Created claim: SBN author ID: MILV176703, batch #289587"
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Date of birth → May 31, 1964

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Date of birth → May 31, 1964

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IAU member ID → 39884

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