Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, noted for his work in underwater archaeology and marine geology. He is best known to the public for locating the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998.
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Defining ContributionDiscovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985 1 Connections
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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.
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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.
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June 30, 1942
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Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
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is an American retired Navy officer
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discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985
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Wikidata Q312867, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Robert Ballard (Wikidata)
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also known as Robert Duane Ballard
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also known as Robert D. Ballard
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citizen of United States
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born in Wichita
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