Ron G. Mason, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ron G. Mason

British geologist

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1916

Date of Death: 16-Jul-2009

Profession: oceanographer, geophysicist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ronald George Mason (Winsor, Hampshire, England, 24 December 1916 – London, 16 July 2009) was one of the oceanographers whose pioneering Cold War geomagnetic survey work lead to the discovery of magnetic striping on the seafloor.
First discovering magnetic stripes on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the United States West Coast, he later also identified them around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.