George Gaylord Simpson Papers 1918-1984

Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999

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Chairman, anthropology department, Rutgers University. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122526480 Ashley Montagu (1905-1999) was a British anthropologist and social biologist, perhaps best known for his critical analysis of the question of race. Montague Francis Ashley Montagu was born Israel Ehrenberg in London, England on June 28, 1905. He studied at th...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

American humanist association

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Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930

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William Diller Matthew was a vertebrate paleontologist and geologist. Matthew joined the American Museum of Natural History in 1895 as an assistant in the Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, eventually becoming curator in 1911. At the death of E.O. Hovey in 1924, Matthew was appointed acting curator of the Dept. of Geology. In 1927 Matthew went to the University of California as professor of paleontology and curator of the paleontological museum. From the description of Papers, 1922-19...

Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) H.J. Muller established the field of production of genetic mutations through x-ray irradiation. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1946. From the description of [Collected reprints of H.J. Muller] 1916-1968. (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas M...

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Morgan, Arthur E. (Arthur Ernest), 1878-1975

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Arthur Ernest Morgan (1878-1975) is best known for being the first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority engineering projects from 1933-1938. Morgan also led the Miami (Ohio) Conservancy District in a reconstruction program after the disastrous flood of 1913. He went on to become the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, serving from 1920-1936 while still working actively on engineering projects around the country (including Florida). From the description of Arth...

Hopwood, Arthur Tindell, 1897-....

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Riggs, Elmer S., 1869-1963

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Jepsen, Glenn L. (Glenn Lowell), 1904-1974.

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Stebbins, G. Ledyard (George Ledyard), 1906-2000

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Ph. D., Harvard University; Professor of Genetics, University of California, Davis (1950-1973); Member, National Academy of Sciences; author of Darwin to DNA : molecules to humanity (1982) and the Human organism and the world of life (1983). From the description of Papers, 1949-1994. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30106996 ...

Pascual, Rosendo

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Stirtin, Ruben Arthur, 1901-1966.

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Simons, Elwyn L.

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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Wood, Horace

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De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899-1972

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Sir Gavin (Rylands) de Beer was a Zoologist, born in London. He served in both world wars and between them graduated from Oxford, then taught there (1923-38). After World War II he was professor of embryology in London, and from 1950 to 1960 director of the British Museum (Natural History). His work refuted some early theories in embryology, and he went on to contribute to theories of animal evolution, as well as to historical problems such as the origin of the Etruscans. From the de...

Russell, Loris S. (Loris Shano), 1904-1998

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Edinger, Tilly, 1897-

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Ostrom, John H.

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Cornell University. Class of 1878. From the description of John N. Ostrom papers, 1863-1896. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63537813 ...

Lavocat, René

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Rensch, Bernhard, 1900-1990

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Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953

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Clark, Wilfrid E. Le Gros (Wilfrid Edward Le Gros), 1895-1971

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Ashley Montagu, born Israel Ehrenberg on June 28, 1905, was a British-American anthropologist, specializing in the areas of race and gender issues, as well as a prolific speaker and author, publishing over 50 books in his lifetime. The son of Jewish tailor Charles Eh...

Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970

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Vertebrate paleontologist, Curator in the Dept. of Comparative Anatomy, Ichthyology, and Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History; and Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, Columbia University. He died in 1970. From the description of Papers, 1906-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485193 William King Gregory, vertebrate paleontologist and ichthyologist, was a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and a professor...

Cloud, Preston, 1912-1991

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Preston Ercelle Cloud, Jr. studied the history of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and crust. During his career he was on the faculty at the University of Minnesota, University of California at Los Angeles, and University of California at Santa Barbara. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_770_pid_EACP767 Preston Cloud was born in 1912 and educated at George Washington and Yale Universities. He worked for many years with the...

Cockerell, Theodore D.A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948

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Theodore Dru Allison Cockerell was born in England and came to the University of Colo., Boulder, in 1904. A naturalist, educator and philosopher, he produced nearly 4,000 publications. {Source: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2nd ed., 1982, p. 20.} From the description of The red sunflower printed materials 1938-1945. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427307546 Cockerell was born in England. He w...

Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001

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Former curator of Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology. From the description of Vertebrate paleontological photographs, 1948-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517542 ...

Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946

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Barbour (1884-1946) graduated from Harvard in 1906 and taught zoology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Thomas Barbour, 1905-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972958 ...

Phelps, William H. (William Henry), 1875-

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Beck, William Samson, 1923-....

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Lewontin, Richard C., 1929-

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Richard C. Lewontin is a population biologist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1963-1980. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122578683 From the guide to the Richard C. Lewontin papers, ca. 1963-1980, Circa 1963-1980, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Van Valen, Leigh M.

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De Camp, L. Sprague (Lyon Sprague), 1907-2000

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Lyon Sprague De Camp was born in New York and educated at the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. De Camp worked as an editor and instructor at the Inventor's Foundationin New Jersey between 1933-1936. De Camp began writing in 1938 and now has 97 books to his credit, ranging from science fiction to fantasy to non-fiction. De Camp's most well known works include the Conan Series, several of which have been made into movies, "C...

Cabrera, Ángel, 1879-1960

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Reynolds, T. Emmett (Thomas Emmett), 1892-

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Tieje, Arthur Jerrold, 1889-

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Elias, Maxim K. (Maxim Konradovich), 1889-1982

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Boucot, A. J. (Arthur James), 1924-

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Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989

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Orientalist, author, educator, and historian; died 1989. From the description of Owen Lattimore papers, 1907-1997 (bulk 1950-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983405 Biographical Note 1900, July 29 Born, Washington, D.C. 1913 1914 Atten...

Scaglia, Galileo J.

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Olson, Everett Claire, 1910-1993

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Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947

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Romer, Alfred Sherwood, 1894-1973

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Alfred Sherwood Romer (1894-1973) was an eminent vertebrate paleontologist. He graduated from Amherst College in 1917 and then served during World War I in the American Field Service and, subsequently, in the United States Army. It is believed that when he was with A.F.S. he drov...

Heberer, Gerhard, 1901-1973

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Schaeffer, Bobb

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Olsen, Stanley John, 1919-2003

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Wood, Albert Elmer, 1910-2002

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Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975

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English biologist. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Mr. Heineman, 1928 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555836 British biologist, philosopher, and popularizer of science; b. Julian Sorell Huxley. From the description of Papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 86118827 From the description of Julian Sorell Huxley papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28418189 Jul...

Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 1900-1975

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Geneticist. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737375 Theodosius Dobzhansky was a geneticist and a principal spokesman for Neo-Darwinism. He wrote "Genetics and the Origin of Species" (1937) and is considered one of the most influential biologists of our time. From the description of Papers, ca. 1917-1975. (American Philosophical So...

Roe, Anne, 1904-1991

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Anne Roe is a psychologist. From the description of Papers, 1949-1971 (bulk). (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122364923 Anne Roe (1904-1991) was a clinical psychologist and researcher on various psychological topics before embarking upon major studies of creativity and occupational psychology. Her two major publications were The Making of a Scientist (1953), a study of sixty-four eminent male scientists in biology, physics and the s...

Kellogg, Remington, 1892-1969

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A. Remington Kellogg (1892-1969) was born in Davenport, Iowa. Kellogg studied mammalogy at the University of Kansas and later at the University of California, where he concentrated on the evolution of marine mammals. At California, Kellogg met John Campbell Merriam, later President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, who was instrumental in supporting Kellogg's studies in cetology. In 1920, Kellogg joined the Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture as an...

Gregory, Joseph Tracy, 1914-....

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Dunbar, Carl O. (Carl Owen), 1891-1979

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Couturier, Marcel A. J., 1897-

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Leakey, L.S.B. (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972

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Wilson, Edward Osborne, 1929-

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Living on Earth (LOE) is the weekly environmental news magazine and information program distributed by National Public Radio since April 1991. The recipient of several prestigious awards, LOE is about the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land on which we live. Its award-winning reporters examine all aspects of the environment by broadcasting news, features, interviews, and commentaries on a broad range of ecological issues that affect our lives: culture, economics, fashion, health, th...

Gingerich, Philip D.

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Nelson, Gareth J.

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Bebe, William

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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

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Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984

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George Gaylord Simpson was a vertebrate paleontologist perhaps best known for his contributions to the founding and further articulation of the modern evolutionary synthesis. He studied at Yale University (Ph.D. 1926), having initially worked at the American Museum of Natural History in 1924. He returned to work the AMNH as a curator (1927-1942) and later as chairman of the Department of Paleontology and Geology (1942-1959). Simpson accepted an Alexander Agassiz Professorship from Harvard's Muse...

Hibbard, Claude William, 1905-1973

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Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005

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Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Ernst Mayr and his wife, Gretel Mayr. From the description of Letters, 1965-1979 : to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155872482 Ernst Mayr is a zoologist. From the description of Papers, 1946, 1974-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465832 From the guide to the Ernst Mayr papers, 1946, 1974-1979, Bulk, 1974-1979, 1946-1979, (American Philosophical Soc...

McGrew, Paul O. (Paul Orman), 1909-1983

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Kermack, K. A. (Kenneth A.)

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Cracraft, Joel

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Grant, Verne.

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University of Arizona, 1966-67

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University of Arizona recognition of 100 years of land-grant colleges and universities, 1862-1962, and the university’s participation in the centennial convocation of the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities held at Kansas City, 1961. From the guide to the University of Arizona Land-Grant centennial records, 1960-1962, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) University of Arizona recognition of 100 years of land-grant colleges and...

Gould, Stephen Jay

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Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 - May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation, leading many commentators to call him "America's unofficial evolutionist laureate". Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. From the description of Stephen Jay G...

Epling, Carl, 1894-

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Freeman, Derek

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Biography John Derek Freeman was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on August 16, 1916. He earned a B.A. (1939) from Victoria University, a M.Phil. (1948) from University of London, and a Ph.D. (1953) from Cambridge University. He was a professor at Australian National University, then emeritus professor and research fellow at the University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. After completing the B.A., Freeman became a ...

Kuhn-Schnyder, Emil

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American society of mammalogists

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American society of zoologists

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Bordas, Alejandro F.

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Hoffstetter, Robert

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Lillegraven, Jason A., 1938-....

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Mckenna, Malcolm C.

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Schuchert, Charles, 1858-1942

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Charles Schuchert: Paleontologist; assistant to paleontologists, 1885-1891; participated in a geological survey of Minnesota, 1891-1892; preparer of fossils, Yale University, 1892-1893; assistant paleontologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 1893-1894; assistant curator paleontology, U.S. National Museum, 1894-1904; professor of paleontology, Yale University, 1904-1923, and curator, geological collection, Peabody Museum. From the description of Charles Schuchert papers, 1859-1943 (inclusiv...

Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond), 1902-1986

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E. Raymond Hall was born on May 11, 1902, in Imes, Kansas. Hall received his A.B. from the University of Kansas in 1924. He accepted a teaching assistantship at the University of California at Berkeley in 1924, and later received both his M.A. degree in 1925 and Ph.D. in 1928 from UC Berkeley. Hall served as curator of mammals at Berkeley from 1927-1944 and was acting director of the museum from 1938-1944. He joined the KU faculty in 1944 as Professor of Zoology and Director of the Museum of Nat...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Laporte, Léo F.

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Jenkins, Farish A., Jr., 1940-2012

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Kurtén, BjC6rn

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Society for the study of evolution

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During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in St. Louis in March 1946, 57 members of the Society for the Study of Speciation and the Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology and Systematics of the National Research Council gathered in a session chaired by Alfred Emerson to discuss forming an organization devoted to the "dynamics of evolution." Founded as a permanent, independent body, the Society for the Study of Evolution...

Arambourg, C. (Camille), 1885-1969

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Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1904-1996

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Charles Lewis Gazin (1904-1996) was born in Colorado and educated at the California Institute of Technology where he earned his B.S. in 1927, his M.S. in 1928 and his Ph.D. in geology and paleontology in 1930. In 1930 Gazin began work for the United States Geological Survey. In 1932 he was named Assistant Curator in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the United States National Museum (USNM). Gazin became Associate Curator in 1942 and Curator of the Division in 1946. In 1967 he was named ...

Marshall, Larry G.

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Society of Systematic Zoology (U.S.)

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Hooijer, Dirk Albert

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Patterson, Bryan, 1909-1979

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Bryan Patterson (1909-1979) was affiliated with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago from 1926-1955. From 1947-1955, he held an adjunct appointment at the University of Chicago, as lecturer in geology. In 1955, Patterson became Alexander Agassiz Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at Harvard, a position he held until his retirement in 1975. From the description of Papers of Bryan Patterson, 1931-1975 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976774 ...

Reig, Osvaldo

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Crompton, Alfred W., 1927-

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Ford, E.B. (Edmund Brisco), 1901-1988

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Westoll, T. Stanley

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Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944

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Geological society of America

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Lull, Richard Swann, 1867-1957

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Ayala, Fransisco José, 1934-

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Newell, Norman Dennis, 1909-2005

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