Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
- Occupation
- astronomer, naval officer, geographer, oceanographer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 14, 1807, January 14, 1806, 1806
- Died
- February 1, 1873, 1873
