The death of Prof. George Vandenbergh, a Jewish lawyer, politician and astronomer, at the age of 76, was reported here today. The grandson of the founder of the worldwide Unilever company, he was also a former member of the Dutch Parliament, and of the Amsterdam Town Council.
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