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Born Kessab, (Syria), 20 December 1876
Died Pasadena, California, USA, 11 May 1956
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Tenn, J.S. (2007). Adams, Walter Sydney. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_17
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