William Hayward Pickering: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 11, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 20, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 02, 2024
Invalidated site: NASA - Biography of William Pickering. Feb 25, 2019
Media added. Sep 02, 2016
Changed year that Pickering received the National Medal of Science from 1976 to 1975. May 19, 2010
Added new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - Biography of William H. Pickering. Apr 18, 2008
Added new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Earth - Pickering, William H. Apr 18, 2008
Added new Web site: Marlborough Online - Biography of Pickering, Sir William. Apr 18, 2008
Added new Web site: Notable American Unitarians - Biography of William Hayward Pickering. Apr 18, 2008
Added new Web site: NASA - Biography of William Pickering. Apr 18, 2008
Article revised. Apr 15, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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