BornFethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, Ireland, 5 May 1909
DiedDublin, Ireland, 12 September 1963
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Elliott, I. (2014). Ellison, Mervyn Archdall. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_410
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