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Harry Hammond Hess was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. Wikipedia
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Homo sapiens
ACADEMIC DEGREE
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doctor's degree
AWARD RECEIVED
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Feltrinelli Prize
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Penrose Medal
CAUSE OF DEATH
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myocardial infarction
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
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DOCTORAL ADVISOR
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Arthur Francis Buddington
DOCTORAL STUDENT
John tuzo wilson
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Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh
EDUCATED AT
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Princeton University
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Yale University
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Asbury Park High School
EMPLOYER
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Princeton University
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University of Cape Town
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Rutgers University
FAMILY NAME
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Hess
FIELD OF WORK
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geology
GIVEN NAME
Harry
INFLUENCED BY
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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
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English
MANNER OF DEATH
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natural causes
MEMBER OF
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National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Academy Of Arts And Sciences
Mineralogical Society of America
MILITARY BRANCH
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United States Navy
MILITARY RANK
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admiral
OCCUPATION
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geologist
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military officer
PLACE OF BIRTH
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New York
PLACE OF BURIAL
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Arlington National Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
Woods Hole
SEX OR GENDER
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male
STUDENT
John tuzo wilson

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