Don Walsh was an American oceanographer, United States Navy officer and marine policy specialist, born in 1931 in Berkeley, California, and died in 2023. Aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent into the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point of the world's oceans, on January 23, 1960, reaching a depth later measured at about 35,798 feet.
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Defining ContributionRecord maximum descent into the Challenger Deep aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste with Jacques Piccard, 1960-01-23 1 Connections
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Don Walsh (November 2, 1931 - November 12, 2023) was an American oceanographer, U.S.
Early life and education
Walsh was born in Berkeley, California on November 2, 1931
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Berkeley, California, U.S.
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he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960
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P570 (date of death)
died 2023-11-12
P570 (date of death) [year]
died 2023
P20 (place of death)
died in Myrtle Point
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also known as Captain Don Walsh
P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
citizen of United States
P19 (place of birth) [1]
born in Uruguay
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