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"Father of underwater archaeology"
Do you suppose M.L. Peterson is often called the "father of underwater archaeology" in France? in Greece? in Turkey? such "father of" this or that claims often introduce an undesirable element of silliness. --
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A fact from Mendel L. Peterson appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 March 2014 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Mendel Peterson was known as the father of underwater archeology and has
an island in the Antarctic named after him?
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"Father of underwater archaeology"
Do you suppose M.L. Peterson is often called the "father of underwater archaeology" in France? in Greece? in Turkey? such "father of" this or that claims often introduce an undesirable element of silliness. --
Wetman (
talk)
20:00, 9 March 2014 (UTC)reply