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Edward S. Morse began this exchange of scholars between Japan and the United States in the 1870s, leaving a legacy that we now seek to formalize and support for future collaborations in our shared Pacific Ocean environment.
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>> Edward Sylvester Morse
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Read the Biographical Memoir of Edward Sylvester Morse from the Academy of National Sciences, written by L.O. Howard.
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