# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-hendrik-van-den-bos
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:29:10.202Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-hendrik-van-den-bos"
name: "Willem Hendrik van den Bos"
slug: "willem-hendrik-van-den-bos"
description: "Willem Hendrik van den Bos was a Dutch astronomer who worked at the Union Observatory in South Africa and became its director in 1941. He discovered nearly 3000 new double stars, made more than 71000 astronomical measurements and compiled a catalogue of Southern hemisphere double stars. He computed the orbits of more than 100 double stars using a method he invented and which later became the accepted standard."
tagline: "Dutch astronomer (1896–1974)"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1896-09-25"
deathDate: "1974-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Віллем Гендрік ван ден Бос"
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    title: "Willem Hendrik van den Bos"
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    title: "Willem Hendrik van den Bos"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hendrik_van_den_Bos"
    title: "Willem Hendrik van den Bos"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hendrik_van_den_Bos"
    title: "Willem Hendrik van den Bos"
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    title: "Бос, Виллем Хендрик ван ден"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump