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Eise Eisinga

Eise Eisinga
Portrait by Willem Bartel van der Kooi [nl] (1827)
Born
Eise Jeltes Eisinga

(1744-02-21)21 February 1744
Dronryp, Dutch Republic
Died27 August 1828(1828-08-27) (aged 84)
Franeker, Netherlands

Eise Jeltes Eisinga (21 February 1744 – 27 August 1828) was a Frisian amateur astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world.[1][2]

  1. ^ Pascoe, Robin (19 September 2023). ""Extraordinary" Franeker planetarium makes Unesco heritage list". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ MacEacheran, Mike. "The world's oldest working planetarium". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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