MAURY HIGH'S NAMESAKE TRULY THE PATHFINDER OF THE SEAS.(LOCAL) From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: November 16, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: George Tucker

The current student body as well as the older alumni of Norfolk's historic Maury High School have every reason to be proud of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the renowned 19th-century Virginia-born oceanographer, fondly remembered as the Pathfinder of the Seas, for whom their alma mater was named in 1911.

Born in Spotsylvania County in 1806, Maury was raised in Tennessee and educated there at Harpath Academy before he entered the U.S. Navy in 18...

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