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Benne W. Holwerda

Dutch astrophysicistborn 1976

Wikidata names Pieter van der Kruit and Ronald Allen as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Pieter van der Kruit
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Ronald Allen

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataPieter van der Kruitstated by WikidataRonald Allen
2 steps up
stated by WikidataJan Hendrik Oort
3 steps up
stated by WikidataPieter Johannes van Rhijn
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJacobus Kapteyn

Education and career3

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2000 to 2005
University of Groningen
studied
from 2013
Leiden University
worked
from 2017
University of Louisville
worked

At a glance

known as: astrophysicist, university teacher

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Elsewhere1

identity

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Read on 16 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q58918733,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Benne W. Holwerda: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q58918733},
  note = {read on 2026-10-16}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 16). Benne W. Holwerda: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-16]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q58918733