Dirk Coster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dirk Coster

Dutch physicist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1889

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1950

Profession: engineer, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dirk Coster (October 5, 1889 – February 12, 1950), was a Dutch physicist.
He was a Professor of Physics and Meteorology at the University of Groningen.
Coster was born in Amsterdam.
On February 26, 1919, he married Lina Maria Wijsman, who held a degree in Oriental languages.
Eventually, she was one of the first women to obtain a doctorate degree in this field from the University of Leiden.
Dirk and Miep had two sons and two daughters (Hendrik, Ada, Els, and Herman).
Coster is known as the co-discoverer of Hafnium (Hf) (element 72) in 1923, along with George de Hevesy, by means of X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore.
The discovery took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hafnia is the Latin name for Copenhagen.