Lyman Spitzer: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 18, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Add new Web site: The European Space Agency - Lyman Spitzer: Space telescope pioneer. May 30, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jan 10, 2020
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Lyman Spitzer Jr. Dies at 82; Inspired Hubble Telescope. Feb 03, 2017
Changed article title from Lyman Spitzer, Jr., to Lyman Spitzer. Nov 03, 2016
Add new Web site: American Astronomical Society - Biography of Lyman Spitzer Jr. May 08, 2014
Add new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Lyman Spitzer. May 16, 2013
Added new Web site: NASA - Biography of Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Jan 06, 2009
Added new Web site: Spitzer Space Telescope - Spitzer, Lyman, Jr. Jan 06, 2009
New article added. Aug 21, 2008
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