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She was born on 30th July, 1920 in a humble background
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She had achieved her Master's Degree in Petroleum Geology from The University of Michigan
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She was the first geological researcher who had proposed the idea of creating a world map for the ocean floor
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She along with her fellow researchers were able to make the map for the ocean floor in 1957
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Marie Tharp, after creating the maps, had donated the map collection to the Library of Congress in 1995
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The maps were later published by the National Geographic
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Marie Tharp had also been able to prove the theory of continental drift