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May the pleasures of Hans de Rijk’s (Bruno Ernst) memories, mediate the griefs 
his passing leaves❣️❤️ Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:45 AM, Maes, F.W. <f.w.m...@rug.nl> wrote:

Dear all,

We deeply regret to inform you that Hans de Rijk, founding member in 1978 and 
honorary member of the Netherlands' Sundial Society, passed away on November 
23, at the age of 95. He served in the Board of the Society for many years and 
wrote some 150 articles in its Bulletin. Among these were important 
contributions, such as a latitude independent sundial, and the family of 
equator projection dials. A more playful result of his creativity were 
'postcard dials', which he used to design while waiting for his Chinese 
take-away dinner.

Hans was a popularizer of mathematics and astronomy and wrote many books about 
these subjects, under the pseudonym Bruno Ernst. His motto was: "Nescius omnium 
curiosus sum", I don't know anything but I am anxious to know everything. His 
eagerness to learn was equalled by his striving and ability to teach. He has 
been a teacher of mathematics and physics, founded the mathematics magazine 
'Pythagoras' and the physics magazine 'Archimedes', aimed at secondary school 
students. He founded the first public astronomical observatory in the 
Netherlands. He also founded the organization 'Ars et mathesis', where art and 
mathematics meet, and its magazine with the same name. He became friends with 
the famous Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher and wrote several books about 
Escher's work. Later on, he wrote extensively about impossible figures.

Planetoid 11245 bears his name.

We lose a generous, inspiring, modest and productive diallist and friend.

If you would like to contact his family directly, the address for 
correspondence is:
Stationsstraat 114
3511 EJ Utrecht
The Netherlands

On behalf of the Netherlands' Sundial Society,
Frans Maes
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