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Name: Gene Shoemaker
Variant Name: Eugene Merle Shoemaker
Birth Date: April 28, 1928
Death Date: July 18, 1997
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Place of Death: Australia
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: astrogeologist, planetary scientist

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Biography of Gene Shoemaker
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Gene Shoemaker (1928-1997) founded a new branch of planetary science that her termed "astrogeology," which revolutionized our understanding of the solar system and the process of planetary evolution. He was the first to produce conclusive evidence that...
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Biography of Eugene M. Shoemaker
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Eugene M. Shoemaker was a geologist whose research interests and expertise ranged far beyond Earth. Shoemaker studied impact craters (craters created by the collision of an asteroid or comet and a planet) on both Earth and the Moon, as well as searched...


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Shoemaker, Eugene Summary
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American Astrogeologist 1928-1997 Eugene Merle Shoemaker was instrumental in establishing the discipline of planetary geology. He founded the U.S. Geological Survey's Branch of Astrogeology, which mapped the Moon and prepared astronauts for...
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Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science. Born in Los Angeles, California, he is best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Eugene Shoemaker
08/07/1997: 444 words, approx. 2 pages
Before the lecturer had so much as uttered a word, a slide went up portraying a spectacular group of assorted dinosaurs, writes Tam Dalyell. The scene was the George Street lecture hall of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 21 February. The distinguished audience...
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The Washington Post
Eugene Shoemaker Dies; Discovered Giant Comet
07/20/1997: 413 words, approx. 1 pages
Eugene Shoemaker, 69, the geologist-astronomer who warned about the dangers of asteroids hitting Earth and who helped discover the giant Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet that slammed into Jupiter in 1994, died July 18 of injuries suffered in a car crash in outback Australia. He lived...
 


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