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Thomas Wayland Vaughan

Dr. Thomas Wayland Vaughan was a geologist, paleontologist, and oceanographer . Educated at Harvard (AB, AM, PhD), he was an authority on marine sediments, fossil and recent corals, and American Tertiary stratigraphy. He was a researcher with the United States Geological Survey (1894-1939), and then joined the United States National Museum where he served as Custodian of Madreporian Corals (1903–23), an Associate in Marine Sediments (1924-1942), and as an Associate in Paleontology (1942-1952). He was also Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1924-1936. His research focused on the study of corals and coral reefs, the investigation of larger foraminifera, and oceanography. Under his directorship, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, California, became a leading oceanographical research center.

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U.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist (1870–1952)

Born	1870-09-20
Died	1952-01-16

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Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan
First published in 1919 — 3 editions
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A new species of Eocene coral, Archohelia clarki, from California

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1927 — 2 editions

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Research facilities at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1933 — 2 editions

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Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1907 — 2 editions

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American Old and Middle Tertiary larger Foraminifera and corals.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1945 — 2 editions

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A Brief Contribution to the Geology and Paleontology of Northwestern Louisiana

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1896 — 2 editions
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Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1919 — 2 editions
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A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican republic

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan
First published in 1921 — 2 editions
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New tertiary Foraminifera of the genera Operculina and Operculinoides from North America and the West Indies

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1936 — 1 edition

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Calcareous shallow-water marine deposits of Florida of the Bahamas

by Eldon M. Thorp, Mann, Albert, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, and Frank J. Haight First published in 1936 — 1 edition

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Descriptions of new species of Foraminifera of the genus Discocyclina from the Eocene of Mexico

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1929 — 1 edition

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Reports of the International Committees on the Oceanography and the Coral Reefs of the Pacific

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan, Vaughan, Thomas Wayland, International Committee on the Coral Ree..., International Committee on the Oceanogra..., and Indonesia) Pacific Science Congress (4th... First published in 1930 — 1 edition

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Larger Foraminifera of the genus Lepidocyclina related to Lepidocyclina mantelli

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Suggestions for oceanographic exploration of the Pacific

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1930 — 1 edition

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Biological research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1926 — 1 edition

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Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1906 — 1 edition

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The geologic work of mangroves in southern Florida

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1910 — 1 edition

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Fossil Echini Of The West Indies; Stratigraphic Significance Of The Species Of West Indian Fossil Echini

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 2007 — 1 edition

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Corals from the Cannonball marine member of the Lance formation

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1920 — 1 edition

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Oceanographic work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California: July 1, 1931 to April 18, 1932.

by Thomas Wayland Vaughan First published in 1932 — 1 edition

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U.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist (1870–1952)

Born	1870-09-20
Died	1952-01-16

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OLID: OL115403A
ISNI: 0000000081565193
Library of Congress Names: n85173500
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): UTOV483877
VIAF: 76408635
Wikidata: Q1763339
Inventaire.io: wd:Q1763339

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