Marie Poland Fish
(1900-1989)
American ichthyologist for the National Museum of Natural History
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Marie "Bobbie" Dennis Poland Fish (1900 – February 2, 1989) was an American oceanographer and marine biologist known for her bioacoustics research and the finding of eel eggs in the Sargasso Sea. Her research on underwater sound detection allowed the United States Navy to distinguish enemy submarines from wildlife. The United States Navy awarded her its highest civilian award, the Distinguished Service Medal, in 1966 to recognize her contributions during her twenty-two years (1948–1970) leading the "Underwater Sound of Biological Origin" project for the Office of Naval Research. She also founded the Narragansett Marine Laboratory with her husband Charles. It is now the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography.
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22 May 1900 Paterson, New Jersey
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2 February 1989 (aged 88) Westport, Connecticut
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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