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Matthew Fontaine Maury

1806 - 1873

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Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and is considered a founder of modern oceanography. He wrote extensively on the subject, and his book, The Physical Geography of the Sea (1855), was the first comprehensive work on oceanography to be published. In 1825, at 19, Maury obtained, through U.S. Representative Sam Houston, a midshipman's warrant in the United States Navy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Fontaine Maury is the 1,783rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,764th in 2019), the 7,374th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,421st in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among military personnels, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 1,783 out of 2,058. Before him are Volodymyr Pravyk, Mickey Marcus, Paul von Plehwe, Manuel Goded Llopis, Felix Graf von Bothmer, and Serhiy Shaptala. After him are Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Trần Văn Trà, Samuel Ryan Curtis, Hyman G. Rickover, Kliment Boyadzhiev, and Frederick Townsend Ward.

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Among people born in 1806, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 50. Before him are Stand Watie, Fabre Geffrard, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Jane Pierce, Michele Amari, and Ivan Kireyevsky. After him are William Fothergill Cooke, Henry Kellett, Gaetano Bedini, Martín Carrera, Gennaios Kolokotronis, and Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov. Among people deceased in 1873, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 70. Before him are Mykhailo Maksymovych, Salmon P. Chase, Stanislas Julien, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Fyodor Vasilyev, and Alexei Fedchenko. After him are Jules Verreaux, Stephen Mallory, Per Georg Scheutz, Gustav Rose, John Torrey, and Charles Allston Collins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 7,376 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Greenblatt (1943), Steven Millhauser (1943), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Arthur Crudup (1905), Morris Louis (1912), and Chris Jericho (1970). After him are Kate Pierson (1948), Vanessa Marquez (1968), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Stephen Marley (1972), Michael Giacchino (1967), and Edward Cook (1888).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 119. Before him are Henry Gunther (1895), Lewis Powell (1844), James Van Fleet (1892), George Pickett (1825), Smedley Butler (1881), and Mickey Marcus (1901). After him are Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Eugene Sledge (1923), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Jacob L. Devers (1887), and Peter Pace (1945).

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