In which year was Harlow Shapley born?
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Harlow Shapley was born in 1885 in Missouri, USA. He was an astronomer and astrophysicist who made important contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way. He is best known for his work on the size and shape of the Milky Way, which he determined to be much larger than previously thought.
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