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Born This Day (1894): Alfed Sherwood Romer

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Author: Michael J. Ryan, Ph.D.
Date: 2015-12-28 14:51:00
Blog: Palaeoblog
URL: http://palaeoblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/born-this-day-1894-alfed-sherwood-romer.html

Summary:

”Romer (Dec. 28, 1894 – Nov. 5, 1973) was director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University until his retirement in 1961 and was one the singularly most influential vertebrate paleontologists of the 20th Century. His work ranged over virtually every conceivable subject within that field, although it was the osteology and taxonomy of the therapsids and other proto-mammals which

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
Harvard UniversityUS42.3711-71.1203
SherwoodUS45.3599-122.843
ZoologyIN17.725583.3256

Keywords:

20th Century, Alfed Sherwood Romer, Comparative Zoology, conceivable subject, Dec., director, field, Harvard University, influential vertebrate paleontologists, Museum, Nov., osteology, retirement, taxonomy, therapsids, work

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