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Also Known As Georg Adolf Otto Wüst
Born June 15, 1890 • Poznań • Poland
Died November 8, 1977 (aged 87) • Erlangen • Germany
Subjects Of Study Atlantic Ocean • Gulf Stream • ocean current
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