Loret, John

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Summary: John Loret was an American marine biologist and explorer. He was a teacher at Queens College, City University of New York. He was the director of the "Science Museum of Long Island ". In the 1980's John lead expeditions into the Mexican jungle looking for Myan temples. I recall that he had mapped parts of Mexico, before Satellite images were available. He also had a waterfall named after him. He was a small man in stature, but a very large man in life. A very driven man of excellence that always pushed people to do better. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3]
Born: 1928-11-28 [3]
Died: 2011-08-13 [3]
Language: English [2]
Occupation: biologist [3]; marine biologist [3]
Yale LUX: Entity [3]

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