Nationality United States Fields Paleontology Role Paleontologist | Name William Scott | |
Born 12 February 1859
Cincinnati, Ohio ( 1859-02-12 ) Alma mater Princeton University (1877)
University of Heidelberg (1880) Known for White River Oligocene monographs Notable awards Wollaston Medal (1910)
Mary Clark Thompson Medal(1930)
Penrose Medal (1939)
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal(1940) Died March 29, 1947, Princeton, New Jersey, United States Education Heidelberg University, Princeton University Awards Wollaston Medal, Penrose Medal Notable students Elmer S. Riggs, James W. Gidley Books A History of Land Mammals, The Mammalia of the Du, Some Memories of a Pala | ||
Institutions Princeton University |
William Berryman Scott (February 12, 1858 – March 29, 1947) was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University.
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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from Princeton University in 1877 and received a Ph.D. from University of Heidelberg in 1880. He married Alice Adeline Post on December 15, 1883. Scott served as president of The Geological Society of America in 1925.
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