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Paleontologist


2002 William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66

1997 Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70

1994 Otto Roesch, paleontologist, dies at 93

1984 George S Simpson, U.S. paleontologist, dies at 82

1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79

1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered

1964 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74

1949 Joseph A Cushman, U.S. paleontologist, dies at 68

1940 M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies

1904 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64

1902 Gustav von Koenigswald, paleontologist, found Pithecanthropus erectus

1900 Otto Roesch, paleontologist

1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist

1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist

1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research

1839 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist, Libya

1838 Alpheus Hyatt, U.S., invertebrate paleontologist

1799 Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist


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