William Berryman Scott
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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.
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.[1]
Awards
- 1910 Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.[2]
- 1930 Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.[3]
- 1939 Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America.[4]
- 1940 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.[5]
Publications
- Scott, William Berryman. "American Elephant Myths," Scribner's, April 1887, 469-478.
- Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899 Princeton, The University, 1901-32 (v. 1, 1903) 8 v. in 13. illus. (part col.) maps (part fold., part col.) tables. 34 cm.
- Scott, William Berryman. Geological climates, by W.B. Scott.
- Scott, William Berryman. A history of land mammals in the western hemisphere. Illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings, by Bruce Horsfall. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1913.
- Scott, William Berryman. Some memories of a palaeontologist. Princeton, Princeton university press, 1939. 4 p.l., 336 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.
- Scott, William Berryman, 1858- The osteology and relations of Protoceras. Boston, Ginn & company, 1895. 1 p.l., [303]-374. 3 pl. (2 fold.) diagr. 26 cm.
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- G.G. Simpson: Biographical Memoir of William Berryman Scott (1858–1947). Biographical Memoir 25, National Academy of Sciences (pdf, 1.4 Mb)
- Yale Peabody Museum: History and Archives: William Berryman Scott
- GBNF
- Lefalophodon: William Berryman Scott
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