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Authorised form of nameCampbell; William Wallace (1862 - 1938)
Dates1862 - 1938
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthHancock County, Ohio, USA
Date of birth11 April 1862
Place of deathSan Francisco, California, USA
Date of death14 or 15 June 1938
Research fieldAstronomy
Education
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election28/02/1918
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 613-619, plate, by F W Dyson
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 14 Jun.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/42588971
CodeNA5007
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1918/01Campbell, William Wallace: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/65/843Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to President [William Wallace] Campbell, ForMemRS17 January 1924
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