Othniel Charles Marsh
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Othniel Charles Marsh was a pioneering 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive dinosaur discoveries and his central role in the “Bone Wars” fossil-hunting rivalry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Othniel Charles Marsh canonical | 18 |
| O. C. Marsh | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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paleontologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1831-10-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lockport, New York
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surface form:
Lockport, New York, United States
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| burialPlace |
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
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surface form:
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1899-03-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New Haven, Connecticut
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surface form:
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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| educatedAt |
Sorbonne University
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Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Breslau ⓘ Yale College ⓘ Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science ⓘ
surface form:
Yale Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | Yale University ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Marsh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dinosaur paleontology
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paleontology ⓘ vertebrate paleontology ⓘ |
| fullName | Othniel Charles Marsh self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Othniel ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
geology
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natural history ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American vertebrate paleontology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European paleontological research ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bone Wars
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surface form:
Bone Wars fossil-hunting competition
rivalry with Edward Drinker Cope ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
major contributions to understanding of bird evolution
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named and described numerous new dinosaur genera and species ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bone Wars
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dinosaur discoveries ⓘ fossil hunting in the American West ⓘ |
| notableWork |
description of Allosaurus
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description of Apatosaurus ⓘ description of Brontosaurus ⓘ description of Stegosaurus ⓘ description of Triceratops ⓘ description of many North American dinosaurs ⓘ |
| occupation |
paleontologist
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professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Paleontology at Yale University
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first professor of paleontology in the United States ⓘ |
| relative | George Peabody ⓘ |
| residence |
New Haven, Connecticut
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surface form:
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Grove Street Cemetery
this entity surface form:
O. C. Marsh