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Bart Bok

1906 - 1983

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Bartholomeus Jan "Bart" Bok (April 28, 1906 – August 5, 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer, teacher, and lecturer. He is best known for his work on the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, and for the discovery of Bok globules, which are small, densely dark clouds of interstellar gas and dust that can be seen silhouetted against brighter backgrounds. Bok suggested that these globules may be in the process of contracting, before forming into stars. Bok married fellow astronomer Priscilla Fairfield in 1929, and for the remainder of their lives, the two collaborated so closely on their astronomical work that the Royal Astronomical Society said "from that point on it is difficult and pointless to separate his achievements from hers". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bart Bok is the 407th most popular astronomer (down from 352nd in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 626th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Bart Bok ranks 407 out of 644. Before him are Henry E. Holt, Dorothea Klumpke, Ludwig Biermann, Geoffrey Burbidge, Jill Tarter, and Michael E. Brown. After him are Friedrich Tietjen, Georg Marcgrave, John Pond, Eise Eisinga, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, and Johann III Bernoulli.

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Among people born in 1906, Bart Bok ranks 238. Before him are John D. Rockefeller III, Roman Karmen, Olga Taussky-Todd, Albert Charles Smith, Aileen Riggin, and Alexandre Trauner. After him are Frank H. Netter, Joseph Höffner, Óscar Domínguez, Lou Costello, Alexander Rou, and Boris Kaufman. Among people deceased in 1983, Bart Bok ranks 152. Before him are Vince Gallagher, Norman Holter, Alan Cunningham, Mary Renault, Burrill Bernard Crohn, and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo. After him are Earl Hines, Carlo Orlandi, George Hodgson, Diego Abad de Santillán, Gyula Illyés, and Paavo Johansson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bart Bok ranks 627 out of 1,646. Before him are Henk Groot (1938), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), Piet Dankert (1934), Wim Kieft (1962), Jan Wolkers (1925), and Settela Steinbach (1934). After him are Semmy Schilt (1973), Godfried Schalcken (1643), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Simon Vestdijk (1898), Arend Heyting (1898), and Eise Eisinga (1744).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Bart Bok ranks 16. Before him are Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), Walter Lewin (1936), Dirk Brouwer (1902), and Peter van de Kamp (1901). After him are Eise Eisinga (1744), Kees de Jager (1921), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Ewine van Dishoeck (1955), and Adriaan van Maanen (1884).

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