Mortimer Turner Papers 1960-1984

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Mortimer Turner Papers 1960-1984

The Mortimer Turner Papers, received as accession BPRCAP.1988.3, consist of research papers, reprints, conference proceedings and especially his correspondence in the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation.

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Turner, Mortimer

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Born in 1920 in Greeley, Colorado, Mortimer Darling Turner earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his doctorate from the University of Kansas. Turner was a prominent polar geologist who helped open the Antarctic frontier to geological exploration through his work at the National Science Foundation. Turner joined NSF in 1959 to help run its Antarctic research program. While there, he helped set up and oversee its polar earth sciences branch,...

Turner, Mort D.

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