Marie Tharp Biography [Google Doodle] Wiki, Cause Of Death, Birthday, Husband, And Age

Marie Tharp is a well-known American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. She is now popular for being featured on Google Doodle.

Marie Tharp is famously known for her work for developing first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor, which she created with Bruce Heezen. On November 21, 2022, Google celebrated the life of this great geologist. Marie is also known for giving her views to prove theories of continental drift.

In this article we will discuss Marie Tharp Wiki, Age, Biography, Parents, Height, Weight, Ethnicity, Religion, Zodiac Sign And Net Worth.

Marie Tharp Wiki And Biography

Marie Tharp Early Life, Nationality, Zodiac Sign, Ethnicity, Religion

This great American geologist was born to her parents on July 30, 1920 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. She was 86 years old when she died on August 23, 2006 in Nyack, New York, United States after suffering from cancer. She holds American Nationality. Her zodiac sign is not available and her ethnicity is white. Her religion is Chirstinity.

Marie Tharp Education

Marie completed her basic education from a private school in Ohio and later graduated from a renowned private university. She completed her graduation with a bachelor’s degree in English and music and four minors in 1943 from Ohio University. Afterward, she attended the University of Michigan and received a master’s degree. This knowledge-seeker lady then went to the University of Tulsa and earned her second BSc.

Marie Tharp Career

Marie was one of the first and greatest women to work at the Lamont Geological Observatory. This great geologist wrote many books and some of her popular and award winning books are The Floors Of The Oceans, V1: The North Atlantic.

After scrolling through her Wikipedia page we came to know that her mother was a teacher of German and Latin, while her father was a surveyor for the United States Department of Agriculture.

Marie is known in the world of geographical discoveries for her topographical work on the seafloor. She contributed lots of her energy and thaughts in her scientific career in fields such as geology, oceanography. She also founded several institutions such as the Institutions Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia University.

Marie Tharp has also won several awards for her great work in the field of geography and oceanography. In 1978, she received the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal and in 1996 she won the Society of Women Geographers Award for Excellence, additionally she won the Mary Sears Woman Award Pioneer in Oceanography Award from the Woods Holes Oceanographic Institution in 1999. Moreover, Marie received the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Heritage Award in 2001.

Marie Tharp Family and Parents

She was born to her mother Bertha Louise Tharp and father William Edgar Tharp. As per reports, she was the only child of her parents. Marie learned to make maps from her father and would often visit her father while he was working and was fascinated by it. Then her father retired and after that her family lived in many cities and Marie had to change schools in Alabama, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana.

Marie Tharp Husband and Children

According to her Wikipedia, she was a married woman but later separated. Let me tell you that Marie married David Flanagan in 1948 and moved with him to New York. They are in good relationship until 1952, in which year they divorced and separated. According to sources, the couple had no children.

Marie Tharp Net Worth

Marie is a well-known award-winning geologist and oceanographic cartographer. She has also written many books on her works and has done many other works as well. As per some estimates her net worth as of 2006 was approximately $1-2 million.

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