MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Fontaine Maury has received more than 608,986 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Matthew Fontaine Maury is the 1,763rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,517th in 2019), the 6,422nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,886th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 1,763 out of 2,058. Before him are Miles Dempsey, Hans von Funck, Richard O'Connor, Mahamat Déby, Serhiy Shaptala, and Gnaeus Servilius Geminus. After him are Jonathan M. Wainwright, John Byng, Boston Corbett, Johannes Block, James Jesus Angleton, and Eddie Chapman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 48. Before him are Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, Georg Adolf Erman, Michele Amari, Ivan Kireyevsky, Julius Hübner, and Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo. After him are George Newbold Lawrence, Émile Souvestre, Martín Carrera, Gennaios Kolokotronis, Heinrich Laube, and Jane Pierce. Among people deceased in 1873, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 64. Before him are Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Stanislas Julien, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Odilon Barrot, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, and Johann Jakob Kaup. After him are Fyodor Vasilyev, Alexei Fedchenko, Jules Verreaux, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Gustav Rose, and Robert McClure.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 6,422 out of 20,380. Before him are Randy Brecker (1945), Leonard Warren (1911), Rod Serling (1924), Dominique Dunne (1959), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), and James J. Jeffries (1875). After him are Bob Bondurant (1933), Bill Sharman (1926), Jay Miner (1932), Russell M. Nelson (1924), Diana Muldaur (1938), and Bob Sapp (1973).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Matthew Fontaine Maury ranks 107. Before him are Nelson A. Miles (1839), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), George Pickett (1825), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), James Van Fleet (1892), and Lewis Powell (1844). After him are Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), James Jesus Angleton (1917), John Pope (1822), Richard Bong (1920), Robert Anderson (1805), and Irvin McDowell (1818).

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