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Categories: Asbury Park High School alumni, Marine geophysicists, United States Navy rear admirals (upper half), Burials at Arlington National Cemetery, University of Cape Town academics
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Harry Hammond Hess  Harry H. Hess  Harry H. Hess medal  Harry Hess Medal  Hess, Harry Hammond
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Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. Wikipedia
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Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. Wikipedia
American geologist and United States Navy officer during World War II Wikipedia Disambiguation
United States admiral, geologist Wikidata
IS A
homo
ACADEMIC DEGREE
doctor's degree
AWARD RECEIVED
Feltrinelli Prize
Penrose Medal
CAUSE OF DEATH
myocardial infarction
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Arthur Francis Buddington
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Wilson
Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh
EDUCATED AT
Princeton University
Yale University
Asbury Park High School
EMPLOYER
Princeton University
University of Cape Town
Rutgers University
FAMILY NAME
Hess
FIELD OF WORK
geology
GIVEN NAME
Harry
INFLUENCED BY
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MANNER OF DEATH
natural causes
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Mineralogical Society of America
MILITARY BRANCH
United States Navy
MILITARY RANK
admiral
OCCUPATION
geologist
military officer
PLACE OF BIRTH
New York
PLACE OF BURIAL
Arlington National Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
Woods Hole
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT
Wilson
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Harry Hammond Hess
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Harry Hammond Hess
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Harry H. Hess, Harry H. Hess medal, Harry Hess Medal, Hess, Harry Hammond

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