Dr. Thomas Wayland Vaughan was a geologist, paleontologist, and oceanographer . Educated at Harvard (AB, AM, PhD), he was an authority on marine sediments, fossil and recent corals, and American Tertiary stratigraphy. He was a researcher with the United States Geological Survey (1894-1939), and then joined the United States National Museum where he served as Custodian of Madreporian Corals (1903–23), an Associate in Marine Sediments (1924-1942), and as an Associate in Paleontology (1942-1952). He was also Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1924-1936. His research focused on the study of corals and coral reefs, the investigation of larger foraminifera, and oceanography. Under his directorship, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, California, became a leading oceanographical research center.
Thomas Wayland Vaughan
×CloseU.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist
Born | 1870-09-20 |
Died | 1952-01-16 |
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Thomas Wayland Vaughan
×CloseU.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist
Born | 1870-09-20 |
Died | 1952-01-16 |
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Paleontology, Geology, Fossil Corals, Corals, Fossil, Foraminifera, Fossil, Fossil Foraminifera, Ocean, Scleractinia, Fossils, Albatross (Steamer), Arhcohelia clarki, Coal, Coral reefs and islands, Corals, Discocyclinidae, Foraminifera, Formations (Geology), Igneous Rocks, Krijt (geologisch tijdvak), Lepidocyclina, Mangrove swamps, Petrology, Protozoa, Rocks, Igneous, Rocks, SedimentaryPlaces
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