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Robert Ballard
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United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
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Robert Duane Ballard is an American naval officer, oceanographer, non-fiction writer, and academic. Born in Wichita in 1942, he served in the United States Navy and the United States Army. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and has worked as a professor. His employers have included the University of Rhode Island and North American Aviation. Ballard is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Explorers Club. He has received the National Humanities Medal and the Hubbard Medal.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Chit-Chat Stories Told Around the Hearth
- My Ballard Genealogy and near Kin-Henderson County NC
- Living the Good Life Part I-My Stories
- Family Roots- the Ballard's of Zirconia, NC, Kinfolk, and Short Stories from the Journey
- Memories of Bull Town-Tuxedo a Cotton Mill Community
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Alien Deep with Bob Ballard — Produzent2012
- Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack — Himself2001
- The Quest for Noah's Flood — Himself2001
- National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway — Himself - Undersea Explorer1999
- Titanic's Lost Sister — Self - Expedition Leader1996
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,244
- Total plays
- 25,566
Tags
1. Robert Ballard (ca. 1572 or 1575, probably in Paris – after 1650) was a prominent French lutenist and composer. His father, Robert Ballard Senior (ca. 1527-1588) was the head of the well-known music publishers, "Le Roy and Ballard", founded in 1551 with cousin Adrian Le Roy (a notable virtuoso lutenist and composer of the period). From 1612 he entered the service of the French Regent, Maria de Medici, and was tutor to the young King Louis XIII, becoming a lutenist and composer (musicien ordin
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,697x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,496x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,766x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,472x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,726x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Duane Ballard , ( 1942-06-30 ) June 30, 1942 (age 83) , Wichita, Kansas , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Santa Barbara ( BS ), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ( MS ), University of Rhode Island ( PhD )
- Employer
- University of Rhode Island (Graduate School of Oceanography)
- Known for
- Ocean exploration and underwater archaeology; discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic , the battleship Bismarck , the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown , and John F. Kennedy's PT-109
- Awards
- Kilby International Awards (1994), The Explorer Medal (1995), Hubbard Medal (1996), James H. Shea Award (2000), Caird Medal (2002)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army United States Navy
- Service years
- 1965–1995
- Rank
- Commander
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Duane
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wichita
- Occupation
- film director
- Position held
- professor
- Employer
- North American Aviation
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Dr. Ballard visit 2023 (52976464273) (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- United States
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Robert Ballard
- date of birth
- 1942-06-30
- member of
- The Explorers Club
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology (maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks) and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew.
Ballard discovered hydrothermal vents, undersea volcanic features that emit plumes of hot, nutrient-laden water which support the only ecosystems on Earth entirely independent of the Sun. He was quoted as saying that "finding hydrothermal vents beats the hell out of finding the Titanic". His mother later agreed, commenting "It's too bad you found that rusty old boat... they're only going to remember you for finding [it]". Ballard also established the JASON Project, and leads ocean exploration on the research vessel E/V Nautilus.
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