Abstract
A MEMOIR of the illustrious founder of the science of the physical geography and meteorology of the sea, written by the tender and loving hand of his daughter, cannot fail to be of interest, not merely to that section of thinkers and workers who are engaged in the branch of science which Maury especially cultivated and adorned, but to the larger world who appreciate, and are benefited by, the perusal of the biography of a man of powerful and vitalizing imagination, disinterested labour for the public good, self-denying patriotism, and indomitable perseverance.
A Life of M. F. Maury, U.S.N. and C.S.N.
Compiled by his Daughter, Diana Fontaine Maury Corbin. (London: Sampson Low, 1888.)
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ARCHIBALD, E. Matthew Fontaine Maury . Nature 38, 339–341 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038339a0
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