Maurice Ewing Scientist

William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.Ewing has been described as a pioneering geophysicist who worked on the research of seismic reflection and refraction in ocean basins, ocean bottom photography, submarine sound transmission (including the SOFAR channel), deep sea coring of the ocean bottom, theory and observation of earthquake surface waves, fluidity of the Earth's core, generation and propagation of microseisms, submarine explosion seismology, marine gravity surveys, bathymetry and sedimentation, natural radioactivity of ocean waters and sediments, study of abyssal plains and submarine canyons.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Ewing William Maurice (full name); Ewing Doc (nickname)
Birth date	May 12, 1906
Birth name	William Maurice Ewing
Birth place	Lockney Texas , United States
Nationality	United States
Date of death	May 04, 1974
Education	Rice University

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awards	Royal Society National Medal of Science Alexander Agassiz Medal John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science Vetlesen Prize
Field of study	Geophysics Oceanography Underwater acoustics
influenced	Frank Press J. Lamar Worzel Jack Oliver (scientist) John Elliott Nafe