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Born November 2, 1885 • Missouri
Died October 20, 1972 (aged 86) • Boulder • Colorado
Subjects Of Study Milky Way Galaxy • Sun • Cepheid variable • binary star • galactic coordinate • galaxy • globular cluster • speed of light

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