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Sir William Abbott Herdman
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Sir William Abbott Herdman: Facts & Related Content

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Born September 8, 1858 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died July 21, 1924 (aged 65) • London • England
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Philip Henry Gosse, portrait miniature by W. Gosse, 1839; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Philip Henry Gosse
British naturalist
Murray, Sir John
Sir John Murray
Scottish Canadian oceanographer
C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
Sir C. Wyville Thomson
Scottish naturalist
Joseph Proudman
British oceanographer
Nansen, Fridtjof
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer and scientist
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
American oceanographer and explorer
Walter Munk
American geophysicist and oceanographer
Klaus Hasselmann
German oceanographer
Robert Ballard
Robert Ballard
American oceanographer
Timothy Parsons
Canadian biologist
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
American biologist
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury
American hydrographer
Kathryn Sullivan
Kathryn Sullivan
American oceanographer and astronaut
Alexander Agassiz
Alexander Agassiz
Swiss scientist
Jacques Loeb
Jacques Loeb
German biologist
Karl August Möbius
German zoologist
Henry Melson Stommel
American meteorologist and oceanographer
Robert S. Dietz
American geophysicist
Per Teodor Cleve
Swedish chemist
Columbus O’D. Iselin
American oceanographer

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