BornPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 9 August 1911
DiedPasadena, California, USA, 14 March 1995
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Clayton, D.D. (2014). Fowler, William Alfred. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_474
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