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Marie Tharp

1920 - 2006

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Marie Tharp (July 30, 1920 – August 23, 2006) was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she collaborated with geologist Bruce Heezen to produce the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Her cartography revealed a more detailed topography and multi-dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom. Tharp's discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge caused a paradigm shift in earth science that led to the acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Tharp is the 41st most popular geographer (up from 45th in 2019), the 3,145th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,139th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Marie Tharp ranks 41 out of 86. Before her are Jovan Cvijić, Jodocus Hondius, Vincenzo Coronelli, Artemidorus Ephesius, Otto Nordenskjöld, and Conrad Malte-Brun. After her are Marinus of Tyre, Erich von Drygalski, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Alfred Hettner, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Giovanni Battista Ramusio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Marie Tharp ranks 135. Before her are Albert Memmi, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Saul Bass, Eva Dahlbeck, Miguel Delibes, and Henrietta Lacks. After her are Andrew V. McLaglen, Yevgeny Dragunov, Richard Adams, Thomas Gold, Dick Francis, and Alf Ramsey. Among people deceased in 2006, Marie Tharp ranks 116. Before her are Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Ali Farka Touré, Te Atairangikaahu, Elizabeth Bolden, John Money, and Coretta Scott King. After her are Faas Wilkes, Billy Preston, Allen Carr, Marek Grechuta, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and Jurij Brězan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marie Tharp ranks 3,145 out of 20,380. Before her are Coretta Scott King (1927), Shirley Knight (1936), Kamehameha III (1814), Lindsay Wagner (1949), Zack Snyder (1966), and Jeffrey Tambor (1944). After her are John Layfield (1966), Chris Sarandon (1942), Harold Prince (1928), Harry Reems (1947), Harry Babcock (1890), and Katy Perry (1984).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Marie Tharp ranks 2. Before her are William Morris Davis (1850). After her are Richard Hartshorne (1899), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), Carl O. Sauer (1889), and Henry Schoolcraft (1793).

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