The scientist Marie Tharp

Marie Tharp

Living place: Michigan

Birthday: 30-7-1920 (104 years old)

Population of US 1920: 106,461,000

Global rank: #90965

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Who is The scientist Marie Tharp?
Known for creating a topographic map of the seafloor, she contributed greatly to the 'geological understanding' of continental drift. She collaborated with fellow geologist Bruce Heezen on the groundbreaking mapping project.
She and Heezen created their underwater map with the help of Austrian artist Heinrich Berann.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After studying music and English at Ohio University, she earned degrees in mathematics and geology from, respectively, the University of Tulsa and the University of Michigan.

Family life info

She grew up in Michigan as the daughter of a Latin teacher mother and a United States Department of Agriculture employee father.

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She uses the data to map seismographic underwater terrain; This exploration would not have been possible without the earlier work of seismic inventor and fellow geologist, John Milne.

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When was The scientist Marie Tharp born?
Marie Tharp birthday 30-7-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is The scientist Marie Tharp's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Marie Tharp was born in Michigan, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Marie Tharp's global rank is 90965 and whose rank is 717 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1920 is about 106,461,000 persons.
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Events in 1920 and 30-7

Events in US in the birth year of Marie Tharp

  • Women's suffrage goes into effect following Tennessee's ratification of the 19th amendment (Aug. 26).
  • Factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti are picked up by police (May 5) in connection with an April 15 murder and robbery in South Braintree, Mass.
  • A bomb explodes in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 and injuring 200 (Sept. 16).

Birthday Marie Tharp (30-7) in history

  • Day 30-7 year 1619: The first legislature in British North America was met in Jamestown.
  • Day 30-7 year 1729: The city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, USA, was founded.
  • Day 30-7 year 1932: The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
  • Day 30-7 year 1945: The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men.
  • Day 30-7 year 1956: The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
  • Day 30-7 year 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
  • Day 30-7 year 1975: Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found.
  • Day 30-7 year 1980: The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from France and Britain.
  • Day 30-7 year 2002: Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
  • Day 30-7 year 2012: 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.
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