| Authorised form of name | Kapteyn; Jacobus Cornelius (1851 - 1922) |
| Dates | 1851 - 1922 |
| Place of birth | Barneveld, Netherlands |
| Date of birth | 19 January 1851 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Date of death | 18/06/1922 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 26/06/1919 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1922-1923 vol 102 pp xxix-xxxv signed by A S E |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/30277370 |
| Code | NA869 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1919/18 | Kapteyn, Jacobus Cornelius: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/34/116 | Letter from [Jacobus Cornelius] Kapteyn, Groningen, to The Royal Society of London | 28 June 1919 |
| NLB/57/127 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Frank Dyson, FRS | 28 July 1919 |
| NLB/57 | New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration | 27 June 1919-27 February 1920 |