Robert Wayne Decker was an American volcanologist, born in 1927 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in 2005 in Mariposa, California. He served as president of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior from 1975 to 1979, and in 1989 he established the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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BirthplaceWilliamsport, Pennsylvania 1 Defining ContributionEstablished the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 1989 1 Connections
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1. Robert W. Decker - Wikipedia
Infobox, birth_date
11 March 1927
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Robert Wayne Decker (11 March 1927
Infobox, birth_place
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Life
He established the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 1989
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P570 (date of death)
died 2005-06-11
P570 (date of death) [year]
died 2005
P20 (place of death)
died in Mariposa
Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
also known as R. W. Decker
Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
also known as Decker R W
Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
also known as Robert Wayne Decker
P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
citizen of United States
P19 (place of birth) [1]
born in Williamsport
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