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Harry Marmer

Who

Harry Marmer · Science & Medicine

What

Oceanographer and leading authority on ocean tides and sea level

When

1885, Proskurov, Russian Empire (now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine) — 1953, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Harry Marmer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Oceanographer and leading authority on ocean tides and sea level

How & why

Harry Aaron Marmer was a Russian-born American engineer and oceanographer with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, an internationally recognized authority on ocean tides and sea level. He established tide stations across the Americas and the Pacific and authored standard references on tidal datum planes. Emigrating to the United States as a child, he came from a Jewish family.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

Contributions & Sources

Oceanographer and leading authority on ocean tides and sea level

1885

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science