Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 August 1808
Died South Kensington, (London), England, 7 May 1890
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Dobbins, T.A. (2007). Nasmyth, James Hall. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_999
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