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Date of Birth
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30-August-1935
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Place of Birth
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Gibbstown
(Gloucester County, New Jersey)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Sylvia Earle Ph.D., Sylvia Alice Earle
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Profession
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Scientist, Author, Lecturer, Explorer, Aquanaut, Oceanographer, Writer
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Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. Since 1998 she has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998.
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