Henry Fairfield Osborn

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Henry Fairfield Osborn was an American paleontologist and museum president best known for his influential work on dinosaur classification and the early description of iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. 1

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instanceOf human
museum president
paleontologist
university professor
academicDiscipline biology
geology
associatedWith Bone Wars era of American paleontology
expansion of fossil collections at the American Museum of Natural History
birthDate 1857-08-08
birthPlace Fairfield, Connecticut
surface form: Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
child Henry Fairfield Osborn self-linksurface differs
surface form: Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1935-11-06
educatedAt Princeton University
employer American Museum of Natural History
Columbia University
endTime 1933 (presidency of American Museum of Natural History)
era early 20th century science
late 19th century science
familyName Osborn
father William Henry Osborn
fieldOfWork dinosaur classification
paleontology
vertebrate paleontology
givenName Henry
influenced development of vertebrate paleontology in the United States
knownFor influential work on dinosaur taxonomy
leadership of the American Museum of Natural History
memberOf American Philosophical Society
National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
name Henry Fairfield Osborn self-link
notablePublication "Origin and Evolution of Life"
"The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia and North America"
"The Titanotheres of Ancient Wyoming, Dakota, and Nebraska"
notableWork early scientific description of Tyrannosaurus rex
research on ceratopsian dinosaurs
work on mammalian evolution
occupation geologist
museum director
paleontologist
university professor
zoologist
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld president of the American Museum of Natural History
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
spouse Lucretia Thatcher Perry
startTime 1908 (presidency of American Museum of Natural History)

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Tyrannosaurus describedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn
Tyrannosauridae namedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn
Velociraptor describedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn
Diapsida namedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn
Wildlife Conservation Society founder Henry Fairfield Osborn
Alpheus Hyatt influenced Henry Fairfield Osborn
Albertosaurus namedBy Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn name Henry Fairfield Osborn self-link
Henry Fairfield Osborn child Henry Fairfield Osborn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr.