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Keeler, James Edward

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Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers

Born La Salle, Illinois, USA, 10 September 1857

Died San Francisco, California, USA, 12 August 1900

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Keeler, James Edward. Reproduced from Astrophysical Journal 12, no. 4 (Nov. 1900)

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  1. Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Glenn A. Walsh

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

    Thomas Hockey

  2. University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA

    Virginia Trimble

  3. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

    Thomas R. Williams

  4. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA

    Katherine Bracher

  5. York Univesity, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Richard A. Jarrell

  6. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Jordan D. Marché II

  7. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    JoAnn Palmeri

  8. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel W. E. Green

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Walsh, G.A. (2014). Keeler, James Edward. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_746

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