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Hendrik van Gent

1900 - 1947

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Hendrik van Gent (14 September 1899, Pernis – March 29, 1947, Amsterdam) was a Dutch astronomer. He moved to South Africa in 1928 in order to observe the southern sky at the Leiden Southern Station and the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. He obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 1931. He studied variable stars and also discovered three comets, namely C/1941 K1, C/1944 K2 and C/1943 W1. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik van Gent is the 315th most popular astronomer (up from 394th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 686th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hendrik van Gent ranks 315 out of 644. Before him are Benjamin Markarian, Charles Wolf, Hubert Reeves, Guido Bonatti, Michael H. Hart, and Frank Elmore Ross. After him are Karl Christian Bruhns, Michael van Langren, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Milton L. Humason, Niccolò Zucchi, and Georges Rayet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hendrik van Gent ranks 163. Before him are Silvio Cator, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Charles Vidor, Jacques Moeschal, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. After him are Oskar Fischinger, Pink Anderson, Pavel Kurochkin, Ivan Fedyuninsky, Kateryna Bilokur, and Walther Kadow. Among people deceased in 1947, Hendrik van Gent ranks 121. Before him are Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Walter Donaldson, Willa Cather, Stepan Petrichenko, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, and Charles Frédéric Petit. After him are Theodore Romzha, Evelyn McHale, Elena Văcărescu, Grace Moore, Harukichi Hyakutake, and Léon-Paul Fargue.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hendrik van Gent ranks 511 out of 1,646. Before him are Gysbert Japiks (1603), Willem Kes (1856), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Albert Eckhout (1610), Jan Gies (1905), and Lodewijk van Heiden (1773). After him are Michael van Langren (1598), Jo Bonfrère (1946), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Louis Beel (1902), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), and Floor Jansen (1981).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Hendrik van Gent ranks 11. Before him are Tom Gehrels (1925), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), John Goodricke (1764), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), and Maarten Schmidt (1929). After him are Michael van Langren (1598), Walter Lewin (1936), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Bart Bok (1906), and Eise Eisinga (1744).

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