OF the Southern careers that were ruined by the war, that of Lieutenant Maury is one of those to be most regretted. He had been a faithful officer, whose service to his profession and his country ...

Ponce de Leon actually was the first to notice the Gulf Stream in 1513 and used it to navigate ships back to Europe from the ...

taking just over an hour to dismantle and lower the statue of Navy officer and oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury. “This is the day. The time has come,” said Joseph Ball, 69, a retired ...

Grady’s new book is “Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806–1873.” He also contributed to the Navy’s Civil War sesquicentennial blog (civilwarnavy150.blogspot ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The statue depicting Matthew Fontaine Maury on Richmond’s Monument Avenue has come down. 8News saw contractors parked near the statue around 9 a.m. and we were told ...

Workers secure the statue of Confederate Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury to a truck on Monument Avenue, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Maury was better known for his work in ...

It was previously named after former Navy Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury — the founder of modern oceanography who was nicknamed the “Pathfinder of the Seas.” Maury refused to fight against ...

Carter’s post-presidential diplomacy caused Joshua Muravchik to label Carter as “our very worst ex-President.” Maury Hall was named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of America’s and the ...

The Navy announced Wednesday that the oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury would be renamed in honor of Marie Tharp, a survey pioneer. The ship had previously been named after Matthew Fontaine ...

Psalm 8:8 — “The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas.” We have long promoted the belief that life’s most pressing questions are ...