Gerrit Blaauw
(1924-2018)

Dutch computer scientist – Gerrit Blaauw was born in The Hague (City and municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government) on July 17th, 1924 and died in Utrecht (Municipality in the Netherlands and capital city of the province of Utrecht) on March 21st, 2018 at the age of 93. Today Gerrit Blaauw would be 99 years old.

Age

how old was Gerrit Blaauw when he died?

Gerrit Blaauw died in 2018 at the age of 93.

Biographical data

Birthday	July 17th, 1924 (Thursday)
Place of Birth	The Hague City and municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government
Death Date	March 21st, 2018 (Wednesday)
Death place	Utrecht Municipality in the Netherlands and capital city of the province of Utrecht
Birth sign (Zodiac)	Cancer (The Crab) ♋
Chinese Zodiac	Rat 鼠

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Gerrit Blaauw

Birthday

When was Gerrit Blaauw born?

Gerrit Blaauw was born on July 17th, 1924.

Death

When did Gerrit Blaauw die?

Gerrit Blaauw died on March 21st, 2018 at the age of 93 in Utrecht (Municipality in the Netherlands and capital city of the province of Utrecht). Today Gerrit Blaauw would be 99 years old.