Born Skeirke near Borris‐in‐Ossory, (Co. Laois), Ireland, 21 April 1839
Died Dublin, Ireland, 24 June 1915
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Elliott, I. (2007). Monck, William Henry Stanley. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_971
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