What major war occurred during Alfred Fowler's lifetime?
World War I
American Civil War
Franco-Prussian War
Vietnam War
Answer
World War I occurred during Alfred Fowler's lifetime. The war, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, involved most of the world's great powers and resulted in the deaths of millions of people. Fowler, a British astronomer, was 57 years old when the war began and 61 when it ended. He died in 1940 at the age of 83.
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