Willem Hendrik van den Bos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willem Hendrik van den Bos

Dutch astronomer

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1896

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1974

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Willem Hendrik van den Bos (25 September 1896 – 30 March 1974) 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.