Robert Ballard

About Robert Ballard

Ocean explorer who discovered the Titanic's debris as well as the wreckage of several other legendary lost ships.

Robert Duane Ballard is a retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanography at Rhode Island University who is best known for his underwater archeology: marine archeology and shipwreck archeology. He is best known for his discoveries on the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989 and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the body of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who rescued his crew. He leads the oceanic expedition on E / V Nautilus.

Known for	Ocean exploration and underwater archaeology, discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic, the battleship Bismarck, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, and John F. Kennedy's PT-109
Employer	University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Hawaii, Manoa, University of Southern California
Born	Robert Duane Ballard, June 30, 1942, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

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Trivia

Four years after the Titanic, he uncovered the remains of the German battleship Bismarck, and in 1998 he found the U.S. carrier Yorktown sunk during WWII.

Robert Ballard before fame

He pursued a college degree in marine biology after a boyhood fascination in the subject.

Achievement of Robert Ballard

Four years after the Titanic, he uncovered the remains of the German battleship Bismarck, and in 1998 he found the U.S. carrier Yorktown sunk during WWII.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$10 Million

Robert Ballard family life

In 1991, he married Barbra Ballard. Emily, Doug, Todd, and Ben are his four children with Barbra. His parents were of German and British ancestry, and his father worked for North American Aviation as an engineer.

Associations of Robert Ballard

Jules Verne's book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea prompted him to investigate what is beneath the waves.

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