E. W. Scripps (businessman)
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Edward Willis Scripps was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded the E. W. Scripps Company, today a diversified media conglomerate, as well as the United Pre
A newspaper image of E. W. Scripps, c. 1912
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the school of oceanography and earth science at the University of California, San Diego. Its main campus is located in La Jolla, with additional facilities i
E. W. Scripps (businessman)
…is today the community of Scripps Ranch as well as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. In 1903, he and his half-sister Ellen were the founding donors of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Initially, Scripps was reluctant to support the venture, thinking scientists could not be businesslike. However, he developed a deep friendship with…
Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier
The original Scripps marine biological laboratory, 1910
The Martin Johnson house, constructed in 1916.
The Star III research submersible on display at Birch Aquarium