Born Hancock County, Ohio, USA, 11 April 1862
Died San Francisco, California, USA, 14 June 1938
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Tenn, J.S. (2014). Campbell, William Wallace. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_233
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