Bart Bok
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Bart Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer renowned for his work on the structure of the Milky Way and the study of dark Bok globules in interstellar space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bart Bok canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Dutch-American
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astronomer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bruce Medal
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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Bartholomeus Jan Bok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Priscilla Fairfield Bok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Netherlands
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-04-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-08-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leiden University
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University of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Australian National University
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Harvard University ⓘ University of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Galactic astronomy
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astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ |
| givenName | Bart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEponym |
Asteroid 1983 Bok
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Bok globule NERFINISHED ⓘ crater Bok on the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | research on Galactic structure in the 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
popularization of astronomy
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research on Bok globules ⓘ studies of the structure of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Astronomical Society
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Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Paul W. Hodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Milky Way (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hoorn, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tucson, Arizona, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Canberra, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucson, Arizona, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of Mount Stromlo Observatory
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director of Steward Observatory ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
dark nebulae
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interstellar medium ⓘ star formation ⓘ |
| spouse | Priscilla Fairfield Bok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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