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ASTRONOMER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrik van Gent has received more than 13,766 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik van Gent is the 362nd most popular astronomer (down from 304th in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 507th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hendrik van Gent ranks 362 out of 531. Before him are Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Hervé Faye, and Paul Götz. After him are Otto Heckmann, Marcel Minnaert, Christoph Arnold, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Dilhan Eryurt, and Carl A. Wirtanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hendrik van Gent ranks 193. Before him are Jacques Moeschal, Adlai Stevenson II, Pyotr Gavrilov, Richard Hughes, César Espinoza, and George Calnan. After him are Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Teodoro Picado Michalski, Roland Penrose, Charles Jewtraw, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, and Marta Abba. Among people deceased in 1947, Hendrik van Gent ranks 137. Before him are Martin Mutschmann, Eugène Lanti, Manuel Machado, Johannes Winkler, Harry Carey, and Anton Schall. After him are Ian Hamilton, Petras Cvirka, Rudolf Noack, Jean-Richard Bloch, Max Berg, and August Blom.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hendrik van Gent ranks 604 out of 1,427. Before him are Yolanda Hadid (1964), Nigel de Jong (1984), Martin van Creveld (1946), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Fedde Schurer (1898), and Volcher Coiter (1534). After him are Arie den Hartog (1941), Michel de Klerk (1884), Jan van Bijlert (1597), Wilhelmina Cooper (1939), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), and David Alexandre Winter (1943).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Hendrik van Gent ranks 16. Before him are Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), Michael van Langren (1598), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Dirk Brouwer (1902), and Kees de Jager (1921). After him are Peter van de Kamp (1901), Bart Bok (1906), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), and Ewine van Dishoeck (1955).

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