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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...
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    dust. Bok globules most commonly result in the formation of double- or multiple-star systems. Bok globules were first observed by astronomer Bart Bok in...
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  • Bart Biemans (born 1988), Belgian footballer Bart Bok (1906–1983), Dutch-American astronomer Bart Bongers (1946–2007), Dutch water polo player Bart Bowen...
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    UA's Steward Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, and named for Bart Bok and Priscilla Fairfield Bok. The carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a rotation period of...
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  • Fairfield Bok (1930–2014) was a lawyer who was influentially involved in advocacy on municipal matters in Boston. Bok was the son of renown astronomers Bart Bok...
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    instrumental in the discovery of Bok globules, as Bart Bok studied prints of the nebula intensively in 1947. Approximately 17,000 Bok globules were discovered...
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  • and 21.41% as Asian. Bart Bok (1906–1983), Dutch-born American astronomer Benjamin Bok (born 1995), Dutch chess grandmaster Chip Bok (born 1952), American...
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    the opaque clouds of dense gas and dust known as Bok globules, so named after the astronomer Bart Bok. These can form in association with collapsing molecular...
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  • Matthews received his PhD from Harvard University in 1956. His advisor was Bart Bok. Dick, Steven J. (2013-09-09). Discovery and Classification in Astronomy:...
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  • Bok Medal together with an award of $1000 and ASA membership for the following year. The prize is named to commemorate the energetic work of Bart Bok...
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  • rightfully understood to be a comet. When he turned to his professor, Bart Bok, and colleague Gordon Newkirk, they confirmed the discovery. They calculated...
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    forming are often seen in silhouette against the rest of the ionised nebula. Bart Bok and E. F. Reilly searched astronomical photographs in the 1940s for "relatively...
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    Bok and his wife, energy executive and lawyer Joan Toland Bok. She is the great-granddaughter of astronomers Bart Bok and Priscilla Fairfield Bok. Bok...
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  • Tolansky, Harold Spencer Jones, Martin Ryle, Richard Ellis, Carlos Frenk and Bart Bok. Other guests have included Arthur C. Clarke, Astronomer Royal Sir Martin...
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  • Priscilla Fairfield Bok (April 14, 1896 – November 1975) was an American astronomer and the wife of Dutch-born astronomer Bart Bok, Director of Mount Stromlo...
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    large number of astronomers had congregated. He befriended fellow students Bart Bok and Pieter Oosterhoff, and was taught by Ejnar Hertzsprung, Antonie Pannekoek...
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  • Bartlett Whiteoak. They catalogued southern nebulae while working under Bart Bok at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia in the 1960s. RCW 1 RCW 2...
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  • Harvard Law. Her husband was the son of famed astronomers Bart Bok and Priscilla Fairfield Bok. Bok and her husband took the Massachusetts bar exam, and became...
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  • van Bassen (1590–1652), Dutch painter and architect Bartholomeus Jan "Bart" Bok (1906–1983), Dutch-born American astronomer Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598–1657)...
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    William J. Kaufmann III 1980 Walter Sullivan 1981 Dietrick Thomsen 1982 Bart Bok 1983 Helen Sawyer Hogg 1984 Deborah Byrd 1985 James Stokley 1986 Timothy...
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    through August). The Bok Telescope was named after the prolific astronomer and director of Steward Observatory from 1966–1969, Bart Bok, one of the most beloved...
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  • (b. 1930) Jobriath, American rock musician and actor (b. 1946) August 5 Bart Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1906) Judy Canova, American actress (b....
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  • she was strongly influenced by the American astronomers Bart Bok and Priscilla Fairfield Bok. She gained a Ph.D. in 1967 on the subject of southern planetary...
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  • Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747–1826) Alfred Bohrmann (Germany, 1904–2000) Bart Bok (Netherlands, 1906–1983) Charles Thomas Bolton (United States/Canada, 1943–2021)...
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  • physician Johan van Benthem, logician Johann Bernoulli, mathematician Bart Bok, astronomer Hans van Abeelen, first Dutch behavior geneticist Corina Brussaard...
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  • Interior Tom Udall – U.S. Senator from New Mexico David Arnett – astronomer Bart Bok – astronomer Frank Borman – astronaut, orbited the Moon on Apollo 8 A....
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  • women's studies Nicolaas Bloembergen – Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1981 Bart Bok – astronomer Mike Candrea – Hall of Fame softball coach Andrew Carnie –...
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    Department of Geophysics under John Jaeger, a Department of Astronomy under Bart Bok, a Department of Theoretical Physics under Kenneth Le Couteur and a Department...
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    original on November 26, 2018. Robertson, Peter (2007). "Bok, Bart Jan (1906–1983)". Biography – Bok, Bart Jan (1906–1983). National Centre of Biography at the...
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    initiated a statement, "Objections to Astrology", which was co-written with Bart Bok and Lawrence E. Jerome, and endorsed by 186 scientists including 19 Nobel...
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