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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bart Bok has received more than 58,729 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bart Bok is the 352nd most popular astronomer (up from 392nd in 2019), the 626th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 650th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Bart Bok ranks 352 out of 644Before him are Frank Muller, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Takeshi Urata, Eugene Parker, Herbert Friedman, and Hervé Faye. After him are Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Viktor Knorre, Heikki A. Alikoski, Christopher Hansteen, Georg Marcgrave, and Beatrice Tinsley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Bart Bok ranks 224Before him are Karl Sesta, Betti Alver, Tony Accardo, Luo Ruiqing, Tamara Khanum, and Rudolf Krčil. After him are Eleanor Hibbert, Olga Taussky-Todd, Kathleen Kenyon, Frank H. Netter, Harri Larva, and Johnny Hodges. Among people deceased in 1983, Bart Bok ranks 138Before him are Mary Renault, Christophe Soglo, Bill Brandt, Juan Carlos Zabala, Harish-Chandra, and Oddbjørn Hagen. After him are Valentín González, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Adrian Boult, Harry James, and Émile Veinante.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bart Bok ranks 626 out of 1,646Before him are Ard Schenk (1944), Maggie MacNeal (1950), Jan Raas (1952), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Gerben Karstens (1942), and Jan de Quay (1901). After him are Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944), Jan Wolkers (1925), Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598), Daley Blind (1990), and Peter R. de Vries (1956).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Bart Bok ranks 16Before him are Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Walter Lewin (1936), Michael van Langren (1598), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Eise Eisinga (1744), and Adriaan van Maanen (1884). After him are Dirk Brouwer (1902), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Kees de Jager (1921), and Ewine van Dishoeck (1955).