Born Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA, 7 September 1914
Died Iowa City, Iowa, USA, 9 August 2006
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Kimigis, S. (2007). Van Allen, James Alfred. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1409
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