biography
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Menzel, Donald (Howard)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1901–76)
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| biography:
| Astrophysicist, born in Florence, Colorado, USA. He studied at the universities of Denver and Princeton, then joined the staff of the Lick Observatory, CA, and was appointed director of the Harvard College Observatory (1954–66). He did valuable work on planetary atmospheres and on the composition of the Sun. |
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