Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873

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American naval officer and oceanographer.

From the description of Letter to Capt. Charles Wilkes [manuscript], 1848 March 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808228

From the description of Letter to Andrew Hull Foote [manuscript], 1856 April 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817495

Epithet: Astronomer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000219

Geographer and Confederate naval commander.

From the description of Letter to Lt. O. Carr, 1849 July 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959670

From the description of Letter to Lt. O. Carr [manuscript], 1849 July 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808379

Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1861), naval officer, oceanographer, and author, served as the Superintendent of the Depot of Charts and Instruments from 1842-1861 when he resigned from the U.S. Navy to accept a commission as commander in the Confederate states navy after Virginia seceded. He published books and charts on winds and currents including the first text book of modern oceanography. See Francis Leigh Williams, MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY, SCIENTIST OF THE SEA (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1963).

From the description of Letters, 1848-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145406829

Hydrographer, of Lexington, Va.

From the description of Papers, 1829-1871. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019203

Naval officer and oceanographer.

From the description of Matthew Fontaine Maury papers, 1825-1960 (bulk 1830-1880). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981179

Epithet: American scientist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000218

Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor.

From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society)

Biographical Note

  • 1806, Jan. 14: Fredericksburg, Va. Fredericksburg Tennessee Tennessee Born near Fredericksburg, Va.; raised in Tennessee
  • 1818: Entered Harpeth Academy, near Franklin, Tenn.
  • 1825 - 1834 : Obtained midshipman's warrant, U.S. Navy and made three extended voyages
  • 1834: Married Ann Hull Herndon; resided in Fredericksburg, Va.
  • 1836: Promoted to lieutenant Published A New Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Navigation (Philadelphia: Key and Biddle. 174 pp.)
  • 1839: Permanently lamed in stagecoach accident and thenceforth not assigned to sea duty
  • 1842 - 1844 : Superintendent of the Navy Department's Depot of Charts and Instruments
  • 1844 - 1861 : Superintendent of the Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office
  • 1847: Issued first Wind and Current Charts (U.S. Hydrographic Office) howing best "tracks" for sailing ships in the North Atlantic
  • 1853: U.S. representative at international maritime congress, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1855: Published The Physical Geography of the Sea (New York: Harper & Bros. 274 pp.), the first modern oceanographic textbook Placed on inactive duty by the U.S. Navy
  • 1858: Restored to active duty by presidential order; promoted to commander retroactive to 1855
  • 1861, Apr. 20: Resigned from U.S. Navy and accepted commission as commander in Confederate Navy
  • 1862: Special agent of the Confederate government to England
  • 1865 - 1866 : Imperial commissioner of immigration to the Emperor of Mexico
  • 1866 - 1868 : Resided in England
  • 1868: Published First Lessons in Geography (New York: Richardson & Co. 62 pp.) Published The World We Live in (New York: Richardson & Co. 104 pp.)
  • 1868 - 1872 : Professor of meteorology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.
  • 1870: Published Manual of Geography (New York: University Publishing Co. 162 pp.)
  • 1873, Feb. 1: Died, Lexington, Va.

From the guide to the Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers, 1825-1960, (bulk 1830-1880), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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creatorOf Armsby, James H., 1809-1875,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828. Cocke Family Papers, [manuscript] 1689-1968 (bulk 1721-1949). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Letterbook of letters to members of the Maury family from many noted people [manuscript] 1745-1869. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn E.G. Squier papers, 1809-1888 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873. Papers of John R. Thompson [manuscript], 1842-1926. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Willis, Mary Venable Minor Ball. Papers of Mary Venable Minor Ball Willis [manuscript], 1896-1962. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881. Papers of Hugh Blair Grigsby, 1760-1876. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letters. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953. Papers of Douglas Southall Freeman [manuscript] 1900-1955. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to Gilbert C. Walker [manuscript], 1871 November 22. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Autograph letter signed : Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Thomas Willis White, 1842 June 1. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to Capt. Charles Wilkes [manuscript], 1848 March 15. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to Lt. O. Carr, 1849 July 15. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Photographs of Matthew Fontaine Maury and R.M.T. Hunter, ca. 1870. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Executive Papers of Governor John Letcher, 1859-1863 Library of Virginia
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referencedIn Howell, Peytona Lynch, Mrs. Matthew Fontaine Maury, by Mrs. Peytona Lynch Howell. Prize winning essay, State Convention of the Louisiana Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, Mansfield, Louisiana. Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
referencedIn Moffitt, E. E. (Elvira Evelina), 1836-1930. E.E. Moffitt papers, 1853-1930 (bulk 1878-1930) [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Maury, Richard L. (Richard Lancelot), 1840-1907. Papers, 1824-1908. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
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creatorOf Murfree, Hardy, 1752-1809. Grassmere collection, 1786-1985. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
creatorOf Stephenson, Oscar, 1830-1881. Letters from Matthew Maury, 1856-1857. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund, b. 1785,. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Correspondence. Vol. XIV, 1852-Sept. 1854. British Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to Andrew Hull Foote [manuscript], 1856 April 4. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894. Papers, 1848-1898. William & Mary Libraries
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creatorOf Grattan family. Papers of the related Grattan, Roller, Heneberger and Shacklett families [manuscript], 1841-1901. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Baldwin, John Brown, 1820-1873. Papers of the McCue family, 1777-1920. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIe. 1845-1865. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Morey family. Papers of the Maury family [manuscript], 1793-1874, bulk 1822-1874. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter of M.F. Maury, Charlottesville, to Ann Maury, Richmond [manuscript] 1865 May 25. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. [Collection of 19 articles by Matthew Fontaine Maury, published in the Southern Literary messenger, beginning in the Jan. issue, 1839, and ending with the Oct./Nov. issue of 1851] Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command
referencedIn Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865. Papers, 1812-1865. Hagley Museum & Library
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referencedIn Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) minutes and papers, [ca. 1833]-1873, Circa 1833-1873 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Earl, 1817-1887,. Maury Family correspondence [manuscript] 1802-1872. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Broadside letter from M.F. Maury to A.H. Leiber [manuscript], 1924 August 18. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Maury family additional correspondence [manuscript] 1793-1873. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Skeels, Lydia Lowndes Maury. Papers of Lydia Lowndes Maury Skeels, 1767-1985, bulk 1883-1955. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931,. Papers of the Harrison, Smith and Tucker families:, 1790-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Wise, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1819-1869. Henry A. Wise papers, 1850-1869. Library of Congress
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers. Virginia Military Institute, Preston Library
creatorOf Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843. Papers of c [manuscript], 1806-1847. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Baldwin, John Brown, 1820-1873,. Papers of the McCue family [manuscript], 1767-1944. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hare, Robert, 1781-1858. Papers, 1764-1859. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Maury, Betty Herndon Maury, 1835-1903. Papers of Betty Herndon Maury Maury, 1861-1863. Library of Congress
referencedIn Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873. Autograph letter signed, 1862 Dec. 12. Navarro College
creatorOf Records of the Hydrographic Office. 1754 - 1973. Wind and Current and Other Charts National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Matthew Fontaine Maury Association. Papers, 1915-1931. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf United States Naval Observatory. Matthew Fontaine Maury observation book. No. 1 Dec. 27 - Mar. 11, 1846. Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command
referencedIn Johnston family. Papers, 1779-1891. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Virginia. Convention (1861 : Richmond). Agency history. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers, 1825-1960, (bulk 1830-1880) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866, 1841-1866 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865. Papers, 1812-1865. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Letters of scientists, 1655-1973. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Papers, 1829-1871. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Vol. III. 1860.includes:f. 2 Jane Ferraro, wife of the Marquis de La Marmora: Letter to Griffin and Co.: 1860. f. 3 Alfonso Ferraro, Marquis de La Marmora: Biographical notice of: 1860. ff. 5, 8 M-E-Lamaartine, wife of Alphonse de Lamartine: Lett..., 1860 British Library
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referencedIn Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. Papers, 1783-1884. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Commission of James Maury [manuscript], 1815-1855. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Winlock, Joseph, 1826-1875. Letterbook, 1857-1875. American Philosophical Society
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referencedIn Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Weber, George. George Weber papers, 1861-1862. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859. Letterbooks : of John Y. Mason, 1853 November 4-1859 September 17. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Fontaine-Maury Papers, 1710-1874 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
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referencedIn Daniel, Peter Vyvian, 1784-1860. Papers of Justice Peter V. Daniel [manuscript], 1839-1866. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Maury, John H., 1842-1863?. Portrait and clipping of John H. Maury, ca. 1861 and 1935 December 7. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Beard, William Ewing, 1873-1950. Papers, 1828-1950. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.). Minutes and papers, [ca. 1833]-1873. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Smith, B. M. (Benjamin Mosby), 1811-1893,. Papers of the Fishburne family [manuscript] 1813-1960. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Grimball, John, 1840-1922. John Grimball family papers, 1804-1893, bulk 1858-1885. South Carolina Historical Society
creatorOf Virginia. Board of Immigration. Office of the Secretary. Records pertaining to a proposed physical survey, 1808, 1876, n.d. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters from Matthew Maury., 1856-1857. Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf Smith, Susie McGee Heck,. Collection of letters [manuscript], 1864-1867. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889. Papers, ca. 1825-1887. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858, 1764-1858 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871 American Philosophical Society
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referencedIn Scientists Collection, 1563-1973 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Maria Mitchell papers, ca. 1825-1887, Circa 1825-1887 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Maury family. Maury family papers, 1755-1910 (bulk 1847-1878). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Alexander von Humboldt miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859, 1789-1859 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to President John Quincy Adams, 1847 November 17 / from Lieutenant Matthew Fontaine Maury, U.S. Navy; transcribed by William Maury Morris 2nd. US Naval Observatory, James M. Gilliss Library
creatorOf Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867. Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, collection of documents, 1863-1866. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Lewis, Charles Lee, 1886-. Maury and the 'messenger' / Charles Lee Lewis. The Mariners' Museum Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letters, 1848-1861. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Fontaine family. Papers, 1710-1874. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
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creatorOf Carter-Blackford papers, 1736-1908 University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Albert Stephens Borgman autograph collection, 1600-1950. Houghton Library
referencedIn White, Lucy Landon Carter Minor, 1849-1877. Photograph album kept by Lucy Landon Carter Minor, 1865-1875. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn David Glasgow Farragut Papers, 1816-1869 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Langdon, William Chauncy, 1831-1895. William Chauncy Langdon papers, 1600-1903 (bulk 1846-1863). Library of Congress
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to Robert D. Minor [manuscript] : concerning a survey of York River, 4 May 1858. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, Duke of, 1823-1900. Papers of the Grinnan and related Bryan and Tucker families of Virginia [manuscript], 1734-1935. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966. Papers of the Fishburne family [manuscript] 1813-1960. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Letter to Lt. O. Carr [manuscript], 1849 July 15. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Harding, William Giles, 1808-1886. William Giles Harding Papers, 1827-1872. Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library
referencedIn Matthew Maury collection, 1850 Scott Polar Research Institute
creatorOf Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Matthew Fontaine Maury : Southern literary messenger. Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command
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Virginia
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America
United States
United States
Great Britain
Subject
American Confederate voluntary exiles
American Confederate voluntary exiles
Ships
Cables, Submarine
Calculators
Crops and climate
Deep-sea sounding
Diplomatic and consular service, Confederate
Diplomatic and consular service, Confederate
Inventions
Letters (correspondence)
Marine meteorology
Meteorological stations
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology, Agricultural
Mines and mineral resources
Ocean currents
Oceanography
Physical geography
Physical geography
Public lands
Science
Science
Scientists
Torpedoes
Transatlantic cables
Winds
Occupation
Naval officers
Naval officers, Confederate
Oceanographers
Activity

Person

Birth 1806-01-14

Death 1873-02-01

Americans

English

Information

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