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Wilhelm Anderson
1880Oct, 28

Wilhelm Anderson

Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1940)
Wilhelm Robert Karl Anderson (28 October [O.S. 16 October] 1880 – 26 March 1940) was a Russian-Estonian astrophysicist of Baltic German descent who studied the physical structure of the stars.

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