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- ↑ Devorkin, David H. (2000), Henry Norris Russell: dean of American astronomers, Princeton University Press, p. 276, ISBN 0691049181.
- ↑ "Henry Norris Russell Lectureship". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2024-01-13.