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Wheeler, John Archibald

Born Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 9 July 1911

Died Hightstown, New Jersey, USA, 13 April 2008

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Wheeler, John Archibald. (Courtesy of Princeton University (Photograph by Robert Matthews, 1973))

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    Kenneth W. Ford

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    Virginia Trimble

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    Philip David Nicholson

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Ford, K.W. (2022). Wheeler, John Archibald. In: Nicholson, P.D., Bartlett, J.L. (eds) Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0738-1_1461-3

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