
Matthew Fontaine Maury
14 JAN 1806 | born in Fredericksburg, VA |
1826-1827 | USS Brandywine (1825), Midshipman |
1829-1830 | USS Vincennes (1826), Midshipman |
1832-1834 | USS Falmouth, Midshipman |
1871 | AL, Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama, President |
1 FEB 1873 | died in Lexington, VA, about age 67. |
astronomer, historian, meteorologist, geologist, oceanographer, cartographer |