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Tharp, Marie

(Encyclopedia) Tharp, Marie, 1920–2006, American oceanographer and cartographer, grad. Univ. of Michigan (M.A. 1944). A geologist with experience in mapping, she came to Columbia Univ. as a geology…

Mary Henrietta Kingsley Biography

Mary Henrietta KingsleyexplorerBorn: 1862Birthplace: London, England Mary Kingsley led a quiet life until after the deaths of her parents. She then took off for Africa to study African…

Mary Hannah Fulton Biography

Mary Hannah Fulton physician and missionaryBorn: May 31, 1854Birthplace: prob. Ashland, Ohio Having graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan with a master's degree in 1877, Fulton spent…

Mary Kay Ash Biography

Mary Kay Ashbusiness executiveBorn: 1915Birthplace: Hot Wells, Texas Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, one of the largest beauty products firms in the United States, Ash sold a child psychology…

Mary Douglas Leakey Biography

Mary Douglas Leakeyarchaeologist and paleontologistBorn: 2/6/1913Birthplace: London, England Although Mary Leakey made several of the most important archeological discoveries involving early…

Mary Stuart 2002 Deaths

Mary StuartAge: 76 actress who played Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur on Search for Tomorrow and Meta Bauer on The Guiding Light. Died: New York City, Feb. 28, 2002Joe Strummer R…

Marie Rudisill 2006 Deaths

Marie RudisillAge: 95 writer of several books including Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote and Sook, she gained fame as “The Fruitcake Lady” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno starting in…

Mary Austin Holley Biography

Mary Austin Holleyauthor, early settlerBorn: 10/30/1784Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Mary Austin studied languages and music in New Haven before marrying Rev. Horace Holley in 1805. They had a…

Mary Kay Bergman Biography

Mary Kay BergmanAge: 38 actress who voiced most of the female characters on South Park. She died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Died: Los Angeles, November 11, 1999Gene BensonA - FDick…

Mary McGrory 2004 Deaths

Mary McGroryAge: 85 liberal columnist who earned a national reputation for her coverage of 1954's McCarthy hearings for the Washington Star. Her commentary on the Kennedy assassination in…