Orrin H. Pilkey
September 14, 1934 - December 13, 2024
General Information
Bio
Orrin H. Pilkey (1934-2024) Marine geologist. Orrin H. Pilkey was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Durham, North Carolina.
Full Name
Orrin Hendren Pilkey Jr.
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1934
Birth
New York County: Orrin Hendren Pilkey Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York, on September 14, 1934.
1979
Literary Work
The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of America's Shoreline
Duke University Press Books (1983)
0822305747 / 978-0822305743
Nonfiction written with Wallace Kaufman.
Duke University Press Books (1983)
0822305747 / 978-0822305743
Nonfiction written with Wallace Kaufman.
1982
Literary Work
From Currituck to Calabash: Living With North Carolina's Barrier Islands
Duke University Press
0822305488 / 978-0822305484
Nonfiction.
Duke University Press
0822305488 / 978-0822305484
Nonfiction.
2004
Literary Work
How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
0807855103 / 978-0807855102
Nonfiction written with Tracy Monegan Rice and William J. Neal.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
0807855103 / 978-0807855102
Nonfiction written with Tracy Monegan Rice and William J. Neal.
2007
Literary Work
Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
Columbia University Press
0231132123 / 978-0231132121
Nonfiction written with Linda Pilkey-Jarvis.
Columbia University Press
0231132123 / 978-0231132121
Nonfiction written with Linda Pilkey-Jarvis.
2009
Literary Work
The Rising Sea
Shearwater
1597261912 / 978-1597261913
Nonfiction written with Rob Young.
Shearwater
1597261912 / 978-1597261913
Nonfiction written with Rob Young.
2011
Literary Work
The World's Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
0520268717 / 978-0520268715
Nonfiction written with William J. Neal, James Andrew Graham Cooper, and Joseph T. Kelley.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
0520268717 / 978-0520268715
Nonfiction written with William J. Neal, James Andrew Graham Cooper, and Joseph T. Kelley.
2014
Literary Work
The Last Beach
Durham, NC: Duke University Press
0822358093 / 978-0822358091
Nonfiction written with J. Andrew G. Cooper.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press
0822358093 / 978-0822358091
Nonfiction written with J. Andrew G. Cooper.
2016
Literary Work
Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
New York: Columbia University Press
0231168446 / 978-0231168441
Nonfiction written with Linda Pilkey-Jarvis and Keith C. Pilkey.
New York: Columbia University Press
0231168446 / 978-0231168441
Nonfiction written with Linda Pilkey-Jarvis and Keith C. Pilkey.
2016
Literary Work
Lessons from the Sand: Family-Friendly Science Activities You Can Do On A Carolina Beach
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
146962737X / 978-1469627373
Nonfiction written with Charles O. Pilkey.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
146962737X / 978-1469627373
Nonfiction written with Charles O. Pilkey.
2024
Literary Work
Escaping Nature: How to Survive Global Climate Change
Duke University Press Books
1478020660 / 978-1478020660
Nonfiction written with Charles O. Pilkey, Linda P. Pilkey-Jarvis, Norma J. Longo, Keith C. Pilkey, Fred B. Dodson, and Hannah L. Hayes.
Duke University Press Books
1478020660 / 978-1478020660
Nonfiction written with Charles O. Pilkey, Linda P. Pilkey-Jarvis, Norma J. Longo, Keith C. Pilkey, Fred B. Dodson, and Hannah L. Hayes.
2024
Death
Orrin H. Pilkey died at his home in Durham, North Carolina, on December 13, 2024.
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