Terra Nova

Terra Nova

female
The "Terra Nova" ("Latin" for Newfoundland) was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She worked for 10 years in the annual seal...
Thomas Gold

Thomas Gold

male, deceased (2004)
Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 - June 22, 2004) was an Austrian astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, and a member of the US...
Don L. Anderson

Don L. Anderson

male, 76 years old
Don L. Anderson (* 5th March, 1933, in Frederick, Maryland, USA) is a US geophysicist who has made important contributions to the determination of...
Frank Press

Frank Press

male, 85 years old
Dr. Frank Press (born December 4, 1924) is an American geophysicist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Press is the recipient of 30 honorary degrees. He...
M. King Hubbert

M. King Hubbert

male, deceased (1989)
Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 - October 11, 1989) was a geophysicist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several...
Harold Jeffreys

Harold Jeffreys

male, deceased (1989)
Sir Harold Jeffreys (22 April 1891 - 18 March 1989) was a mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer. He was born in Fatfield,...

Sydney Chapman

male, deceased (1970)
Sydney Chapman (January 29 1888 - June 16 1970) was a British mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist. He was born in Manchester and educated at...

Derek Briggs

male
Derek E. G. Briggs is an Irish paleontologist based at Yale University. While at the University of Cambridge, Dr Briggs worked on the fossils of...
Vilhelm Bjerknes

Vilhelm Bjerknes

male, deceased (1951)
Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes (March 14, 1862 - April 9, 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern...
William Bowie

William Bowie

male, deceased (1940)
William Bowie, B.S., C.E., M.A. (May 6, 1872-August 25, 1940) was an American engineer born at Annapolis Junction, Md., and educated at St. John's...