Born Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 February 1852
Died Oxford, England, 14 September 1926
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Elliott, I. (2014). Dreyer, John Louis Emil. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_382
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