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Blaauw, Adriaan

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Born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12 April 1914

Died Groningen, The Netherlands, 1 December 2010

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Blaauw, Adriaan. Courtesy of Adriaan Blaauw

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Selected References

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It is a pleasure to acknowledge the help of Prof. Blaauw in the drafting of this article and Dr. Hugo van Woerden in revising it.

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Milone, E.F. (2014). Blaauw, Adriaan. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_166

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