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William Nierenberg

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William Nierenberg · Science & Medicine

What

Oceanographer who directed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

When

1919, New York City, United States — 2000, La Jolla, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

William Nierenberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Oceanographer who directed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

How & why

Nierenberg was an American physicist and oceanographer who directed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for two decades and worked on the Manhattan Project. He was born in New York to Jewish immigrant parents from Austria.

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

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Oceanographer who directed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1919

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