1906-1983 Dutch-American astronomer who studied the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy. In 1947, he discovered small dark clouds that can be seen against the light of stars. He proposed that these clouds, now known as Bok globules, are made up of gas...

Bart Jan Bok (Hoorn, April 28 1906 – Tucson, August 5 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He was born in the Netherlands, and educated at the Leiden and Groningen Universities. In 1929 he married fellow astronomer Dr. Priscilla Fairfield Bok,...

The career of Dutch-born astronomer Bart J. Bok (1906-1983) spanned the mature era of international astronomy. Bok, who became a U.S. citizen in 1938, was the driving force in creating observational definitions of the Milky Way and other phenomena of galaxies. If there...

It is a bastion of meritocracy, not aristocracy, a trait which precisely infuriates its critics of left and right. Harvard University's ability to survive storms and crises has been part of its 354-year-old history. Derek Curtis Bok, who yesterday announced his resignation after two...