Robert Ballard Biography

Robert Ballard biography

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NAME: Robert Ballard
OCCUPATION: Archaeologist
BIRTH DATE: June 30, 1942 (Age: 70)
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

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

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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.