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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...
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    The Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument, is a partially deconstructed memorial installed along Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue depicting Matthew Fontaine...
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    Matthew Fontaine Maury High School also known as Maury High School, is a high school located in the Ghent area of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Maury's...
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    Major Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn VC (/ˈmiːkəlˌdʒɒn/; 27 November 1870 – 4 July 1913) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest...
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    representing J. E. B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis and Matthew Fontaine Maury were removed from their memorial pedestals amidst civil unrest in...
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    The Matthew Fontaine Maury School (also known as Maury School), in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is an historic school building noted for its Colonial Revival...
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    Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. Because of his work for the Confederate Secret Service, Maury was unable to return home to Virginia. Maury, as an internationally...
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    War I and the years following. She was named in honor of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Maury was laid down on 4 May 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company,...
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  • USS or USNS Maury may refer to the following ships, named for Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury: USS Commodore Maury (SP-656), was a fishing steamer that...
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    Fontaine Maury Maverick Sr. (October 23, 1895 – June 7, 1954) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, representing...
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  • Richard Maury, b. May 19, 1766, d. January 31, 1843 father of Matthew Fontaine Maury Matilda Hite Maury, b. October 28, 1769, d. November 7, 1821 Maury opposed...
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    USNS Marie Tharp (redirect from USNS Maury)
    written by Team Ships Public. "USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) Delivered". www.navy.mil. Retrieved 2016-06-15. "Matthew Fontaine Maury Biography". xroads.virginia.edu...
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  • Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, known as "The Pathfinder of the Seas", Maury was succeeded by his protégé, Lt. Hunter Davidson, when Maury was sent abroad...
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    Maury is a small lunar impact crater named for two cousins. It was first named in honor of Lieutenant Matthew Fontaine Maury of the U. S. Naval Observatory...
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    James Melville Gilliss Lieutenant Louis M. Goldsborough Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury astronomer P. Kenneth Seidelmann director Gernot M. R. Winkler "District...
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    and critic. Others involved with the periodical included Matthew Fontaine Maury and Maury's kinsman Benjamin Blake Minor. Publication ended in June 1864...
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    very earliest rendition of a bathymetric map of an oceanic basin. Matthew Fontaine Maury published this map in 1853 in his book "Explanations and Sailing...
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    Williams, Frances Leigh (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury, Scientist of the Seas. Rutgers University Press. Maury, Matthew Fontaine. "Scraps from the Lucky Bag...
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  • Madeline Fontaine, French costumer designer Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), American astronomer, US Navy officer, historian Maurice Fontaine (1919–2015)...
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    their sailing time. In 1853, the oceanographer and cartographer Matthew Fontaine Maury noted that while Franklin charted and codified the Gulf Stream,...
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  • James Maury (1717–1769), American educator and cleric, father of James Maury (1746–1840) and grandfather of Matthew Fontaine Maury James Maury (consul)...
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  • Matthew Marsden (born 1973), English actor Matthew Fontaine Maury, Commodore of the United States navy Matthew McCloskey, American political Matthew McConaughey...
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    meaning of "trade": "(foreign) commerce". Between 1847 and 1849, Matthew Fontaine Maury collected enough information to create wind and current charts for...
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  • Abram Poindexter Maury of Williamson County who became a congressman was his son and he was an uncle of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. Hargett, Tre (Secretary...
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    The second USS Maury (DD-401) was a Gridley-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Matthew Maury, and was one of the most decorated...
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    hydrographic missions and renamed Maury (AGS-16) in 1946, named after the astronomer and hydrographer Matthew Fontaine Maury. After completing her fitting-out...
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    Observatory following orders from Superintendent Matthew Fontaine Maury. Sears C. Walker was fired by Maury for publishing United States Naval Observatory...
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    A ridge under the northern Atlantic Ocean was first inferred by Matthew Fontaine Maury in 1853, based on soundings by the USS Dolphin. The existence of...
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  • and attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School. As a senior, he gained over 1,500 yards from scrimmage and scored 26 touchdowns as Maury won the Group...
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    I, and was awarded a Military Cross. Nigel's great-uncle, Major Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn, was awarded a Victoria Cross during the Second Boer...
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