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Bruce Charles Heezen
American geologist (1924-1977) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 53
Bruce Charles Heezen was an American geologist. He worked with oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp at Columbia University to map the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the 1950s.
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1977Died21 June 1977Walter H. Bucher MedalAward1975Francis P. Shepard MedalAward1973Cullum Geographical MedalAward1964Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal in OceanographyAward1924Born11 April 1924
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Lived 1924 to 1977 · aged 53
The same award as Bruce
Hiroo KanamoriBoth received Walter H. Bucher Medal
W. Jason MorganBoth received Walter H. Bucher Medal
Frederick VineBoth received Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal in Oceanography
Robert Sinclair DietzBoth received Francis P. Shepard Medal
John Tuzo WilsonBoth received Walter H. Bucher Medal
Maurice EwingBoth received Walter H. Bucher Medal