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By Kevin Matthews
Mar 16, 2021
The name of an oceanographer who served in the confederate navy is being removed from a street on the campus of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
According to WHOI, the Falmouth planning board approved the name change of a street that winds through its campus.from Maury Lane to Marie Tharp Lane.
Tharp, one of the first women oceanographers, is credited with introducing the first scientific map of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
The institution credits Maury as a pioneer in his field, but said in addition to his resignation from the U.S. Navy to join the confederacy, he also took clear and public stances in support of slavery.
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FALMOUTH A street going through Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution s campus has been renamed to honor an oceanographic cartologist who introduced the first scientific map of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
Marie Tharp Lane will replace Maury Lane, which had been named after oceanographer Matthew Maury, according to a March 11 press release from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). It s been recently brought to light that Maury had supported slavery and served in the Confederate Navy, the release said.
The Falmouth Planning Board approved the name change at a Jan. 26 meeting.
“She was quite a remarkable scientist,” said Planning Board member Paul Dreyer at the meeting about Tharp. “She probably deserves the credit that they’re trying to give her.”