Marie Tharp

American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006).

Born July 30th, 1920 in Ypsilanti. [ref]

Died August 23rd, 2006 at 86 years old in Nyack (infarction). [ref]

Occupations
cartographer, geologist, oceanographer, surveyor
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde