What is J. Frederick Grassle?
{{Infobox scientist | name = J. Frederick Grassle | image = Fred Grassle, U.S. Oceanographer, outside Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, June 2004 (Tony Rees photograph).jpg | image_size = | caption = Grassle in 2004 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|07|14}} | birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S. | residence = | nationality = | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2018|07|06|1939|07|14}} | death_place = [[Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey|Franklin Township, New Jersey]], U.S. | birth_name = John Frederick Matthews Grassle | field = [[Oceanography]], [[marine biology]] | work_institution = [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]<br />[[Rutgers University]] Institute of Marine and Coastal Studies (IMCS) | alma_mater = [[Yale University]]<br />[[Duke University]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | spouse = Judith Helen (Payne) Grassle | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = }} '''John Frederick Matthews Grassle''' (July 14, 1939 – July 6, 2018) was an American [[marine biologist]], oceanographer, professor, and research scientist. He was known for his work on the creation of the [[Census of Marine Life]] and the first marine biological data on a global scale, the [[Ocean Biogeographic Information System]]. Grassle died at a nursing home in [[Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]], [[New Jersey]] on July 6, 2018 at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://matherhodge.com/tribute/details/1324/John-Grassle/obituary.html|title=Obituary of John Grassle - Mather-Hodge Funeral Home|website=matherhodge.com|access-date=2018-07-16|archive-date=2018-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714110738/https://matherhodge.com/tribute/details/1324/John-Grassle/obituary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.whoi.edu/science/cicor/CVs/Grassle_F_CV.pdf J. Frederick Grassle ''Curriculum Vitae'' with sele