Robert Ballard Biography

Robert Ballard biography

Quick Facts

NAME: Robert Ballard
OCCUPATION: Archaeologist
BIRTH DATE: June 30, 1942 (Age: 69)
EDUCATION: University of California Santa Barbara, University of Hawaii's Institute of Geophysics, University of Southern California
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wichita, Kansas

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

more about Robert

Best Known For

Deep-sea archaeologist and oceanographer Robert Ballard is best known for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985.

Print Cite This

Robert Duane Ballard

APA Style

Robert Duane Ballard. (2012). Biography.com. Retrieved 07:44, May 27, 2012 from http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039

Harvard Style

Robert Duane Ballard [Internet]. 2012. http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039, May 27

MLA Style

" Robert Duane Ballard." 2012. Biography.com 27 May 2012, 07:44 http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039

MHRA Style

' Robert Duane Ballard', Biography.com,(2012) http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039 [accessed May 27, 2012]

Chicago Style

" Robert Duane Ballard," Biography.com, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039 (accessed May 27, 2012).

CBE/CSE Style

Robert Duane Ballard [Internet]. Biography.com; 2012 [cited 2012 May 27]. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039.

Bluebook Style

Robert Duane Ballard, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039 (last visited May 27, 2012).

AMA Style

Robert Duane Ballard, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-ballard-38039 (last visited May 27, 2012).

Profile

Deep-sea archaeologist and oceanographer Robert Ballard is a former commander in the United States navy and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. He is best known for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985, drawing on his experience with scuba diving and using small, unmanned submersibles controlled from a surface ship to scan the ocean floor.