Henry Fairfield Osborn | |
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Born | Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S. | August 8, 1857
Died | November 6, 1935 Garrison, New York, U.S. | (aged 78)
Education | Princeton University (BA, PhD) |
Spouse |
Lucretia Thatcher Perry
(m. 1881; died 1930) |
Children | 5 |
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Institutions | American Museum of Natural History |
Doctoral students | William King Gregory |
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Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. FRS[1] (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935)[2] was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.
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