Scripps Institution of Oceanography biographical files, 1903-1981.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography biographical files, 1903-1981.

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The biographical files is an artificial collection created by SIO Archivist Elizabeth Shor in 1978. The collection contains manuscript and archival material from many different sources filed under the names of individuals who generated, received and/or were the subject of correspondence, memoranda and notes. The collection also includes biographical information and bibliographies on some individuals. The collection includes significant amounts of material by and/or about Winfred Emory Allen, Fred Baker, Wesley Clarence Crandall, Carl Henry Eckart, Richard Howell Fleming, Albert Haldane Gee, Tillie Genter, Peter G. Hale, Jacob Chandler Harper, George Francis McEwen, Erik Gustaf Moberg, Arthur Dehon Raff, Helen Hill Raitt, Philip Rudnick, Edward Willis Scripps, Ellen Browning Scripps and other members of the Scripps Family, Francis Bertody Sumner, Eldon Marion Thorp, Chʻeng-kʻuei Tseng, Victor Vacquier, Julius Wangenheim and Claude Ephraim ZoBell. These files include papers and records essential to an understanding of the history of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography especially during the pre-war period. The files were closed in 1981 with no further additions.

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932

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Ellen Browning Scripps was born in Parish, London on October 18, 1836. Ellen was exposed to books and publishing at an early age. Her grandfather was an accomplished publisher and her father, James Mogg Scripps was a successful bookbinder. In 1844, after the death of her mother, her father and her five siblings moved to the United States. The family settled in Rushville, Illinois. Ellen attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois where she graduated with honors in mathematics. She was the...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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ZoBell, Claude Ephraim, 1904-

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Scripps, E. W. 1854-1926.

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Moberg, Eric Gustaf, 1891-

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Genter, Tillie.

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Allen, Winfred Emory, 1873-1947

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Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973

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Physicist and oceanographer (quantum mechanics, atomic physics, underwater acoustics, geophysical hydrodynamics); professor of geophysics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); first director of the UCSD Marine Physical Laboratory; director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1948-1950). Died 1973. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306129 Physicist, oceanographer, and educator. Died 1973. From the description of Papers of...

Rudnick, Philip

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Rudnick (1904-1982). Physicist (positive rays, crystal optics). From the description of Miscellaneous papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84244036 ...

Thorp, Eldon Marion, 1907-

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Hale, Peter G.

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Gee, Albert Haldane.

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Harper, J. C. 1858-1939.

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Wagenheim, Julius.

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Tseng, Chʻeng-kʻuei.

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Raff, Arthur Dehon.

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Crandall, Wesley Clarence.

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Baker, Fred

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Shor, Elizabeth Noble

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Vacquier was born in Russia in 1907; moved with parents to the United States in 1923. Received M.S. in physics from University of Wisconsin in 1928. Designed instrumentation for geophysical research. Most recently a professor emeritus of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography; widely known for creating the flux-gate magnetometer. From the description of Profile of a Magnetician: Victor Vacquier/ by Elizabeth N. Shor. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79917370 ...

Fleming, Richard H. (Richard Howell), 1909-1989

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Richard H. Fleming (1909-1986), was an oceanographer and chaired the University of Washington Oceanography Department from 1951 to 1967. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Fleming received his Ph. D. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He worked for the Division of War Research of the University of California and then served as the chief oceanographer for the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in Washington, D.C., 1946-1951, joining the UW faculty in 1951. Fleming was an active advocate of...

McEwen, George F. (George Francis), 1882-1972

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Physical Oceanographer. From the description of Papers, 1877-1972. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33249308 Physical oceanographer. From the description of Papers, 1901-1938, bulk 1910-1938. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 154302811 ...

Raitt, Helen

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American author born March 28, 1905, wife of oceanographer Russell W. Raitt, founder of UCSD women's organization Oceanids. Raitt accompanied her husband on Capricorn Expedition in 1952-1953 and described her experience in her first book, Exploring the Deep Pacific. Her visit to Tonga led to a lifelong interest in the island and led her to found Tofua Press in San Diego in 1972. A series of radio broadcasts on the history of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography led to the publication with Bea...

Vacquier, Victor.

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