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Also Known As William Alfred Fowler
Born August 9, 1911 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died March 14, 1995 (aged 83) • Pasadena • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1983) • National Medal of Science (1974)
Subjects Of Study nucleosynthesis
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