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17 de jun. de 2015 · February 1, 1873. Place Of Burial: Richmond, VA. Cemetery Name: Hollywood Cemetery. From an early age, Matthew Fontaine Maury was fascinated by the sea and sea faring. When a leg injury left midshipman Maury unfit for duty aboard the U.S.S. Brandywine, he devoted himself full-time to the study of navigation, meteorology, the winds, and currents.
Matthew Fontaine Maury. Matthew Fontaine Maury ( 14 de janeiro de 1806 – 1 de fevereiro de 1873) foi um astrônomo norte-americano, historiador, oceanógrafo, meteorologista, cartógrafo, autor, geólogo, e educador da Marinha dos Estados Unidos . Foi apelidado como o "Descobridor dos Mares" e o "Pai da Oceanografia Moderna e Meteorologia ...
Matthew Fontaine Maury was the patron saint of the nautical man of his day. The significance of his Wind and Current Charts, of his Sailing Directions and his Physical Geography of the Sea, was practically known to them. Today, to the man on the street, and to the man on the deck, though his discoveries were of the most general and lasting ...
Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) 1806, Jan. 14 Born near Fredericksburg, Va., the seventh child of Richard Maury (died Jan. 30, 1843) and Diana Minor Maury (died May 19, 1843).
9 de ene. de 2015 · Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography. : John Grady. McFarland, Jan 9, 2015 - History - 264 pages. In becoming "a useful man" on the maritime stage, Matthew Fontaine Maury focused on the ills of a clique-ridden Navy, charted sea lanes and bested Great Britain's admiralty in securing the fastest, safest routes to India and Australia. He ...
13 de nov. de 2017 · Matthew Fontaine Maury: Benefactor of Mankind. (By Miles P. DuVal, Jr.) Prologue: "EVALUATION OF CAREER" OF. MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY. (Born January 14, 1806, died February 1, 1873; appointed February 1, 1825, resigned April 20, 1861) Author, First Book on Nautical Science by an American Naval Officer, 1836.
Home Science Vol. 142, No. 3600 Maury's Biography: Matthew Fontaine Maury, Scientist of the Sea.Frances Leigh Williams. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N. J ...
