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Harlow Shapley: American scientist and political activist (1885–1972).
Born in Nashville (died at age 86).
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Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer, who served as head of the Harvard College Observatory from 1921–1952, and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal.
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