Born Jackson, California, USA, 31 December 1864
Died Berkeley, California, USA, 29 October 1951
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Lang, H.G. (2007). Aitken, Robert Grant. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_25
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