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Adams, Walter Sydney

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BornKessab, (Syria), 20 December 1876

DiedPasadena, California, USA, 11 May 1956

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Adams, Walter Sydney. Reproduced by permission of Yerkes Observatory

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  1. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA

    Joseph S. Tenn

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

    Thomas Hockey

  2. University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA

    Virginia Trimble

  3. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

    Thomas R. Williams

  4. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA

    Katherine Bracher

  5. York Univesity, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Richard A. Jarrell

  6. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Jordan D. Marché II

  7. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    JoAnn Palmeri

  8. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel W. E. Green

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Tenn, J.S. (2014). Adams, Walter Sydney. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9005

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