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Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy

astronomical institution of the University of Amsterdam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2023
Entity authorityQ29426472 ↗
Source-derived summary

Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy is one of the research institutes of the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. It is named after the Dutch astronomer and Marxist Anton Pannekoek.

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“Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy” enters the record as astronomical institution of the University of Amsterdam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Anton, Pannekoek and Institute can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current 32-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Anton, Pannekoek and Institute.
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Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q29426472. VIAF identifies the subject as 221487565. Authority coordinates are 52.354, 4.956. 1 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.