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Published: 28 November 2013

George Herbig (1920–2013)

Bo Reipurth¹

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Astronomer who pioneered studies of young stars.

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Bo Reipurth is an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, and worked closely with George Herbig in his later years.,
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Reipurth, B. George Herbig (1920–2013). Nature 503, 470 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/503470a

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