Harlow Shapley: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Oct 29, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 16, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Biography of Harlow Shapley. | Apr 04, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Biography of Dr. Harlow Shapley. | Jul 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Franklin Institute - Biography of Harlow Shapley. | Jul 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Academy of Sciences - Biography of Harlow Shapley. | Jul 21, 2017 | ||
| Added material about the "Great Debate" and Shapley's invention of the habitable zone concept. |
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May 27, 2016 | |
| Added diagram of the Milky Way Galaxy's globular cluster system. | May 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Harlow Shapley. | May 16, 2013 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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