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Fred Lawrence Whipple(1906-2004)

Fred Lawrence Whipple was born on 5 November 1906 in Red Oak, Iowa, USA. He was married to Babette Frances Samuelson and Dorothy Cornell Woods. He died on 30 August 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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Target... Earth?

5.3

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Self - Director, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory(as Dr. Fred L. Whipple)

1981

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Target... Earth?
5.3
TV Movie
- Self - Director, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (as Dr. Fred L. Whipple)
- 1981

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- Dr. Fred L. Whipple
Born
- November 5, 1906
- Red Oak, Iowa, USA
Died
- August 30, 2004
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Grand Old Man of Comets

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