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Henry Fairfield Osborn

Henry Fairfield Osborn

American geologist and eugenicist (1857–1935).

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Occupation

Geologist
Paleontologist
Zoologist
Paleoanthropologist
Writer
Science Administrator

Member Of

Royal Society
(4/29/1926 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
: 4/29/1926
Paläontologische Gesellschaft
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)
(1923 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Corresponding Member
Start Time
: 1923
National Academy of Sciences
(1900 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1900
American Philosophical Society
(1887 - )
Start Time
: 1887

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Country of Citizenship

United States

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Fairfield

Educated At

Princeton University

Date of Birth

8/8/1857

Date of Death

11/6/1935
9/5/1935

Place of Death

New York City

Child

Given Name

Henry

Birth Name

Henry Fairfield Osborn

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Henry Fairfield Osborn

Employer

United States Geological Survey
Columbia University
American Museum of Natural History

Doctoral Advisor

Edward Drinker Cope

Name in Native Language

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Field of Work

Geology
Eugenics
Paleontology

Family Name

Osborn

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Writing Language

English

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:Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935
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Library of the World's Best Literature
Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana (1908-1930)
Volume
:XL
Section
:Osborn (Enrique Fairfield)
Page(s)
:828

Father

William H. Osborn

Sibling

William Church Osborn

Place of Burial

Saint Philip's Church Cemetery

Spouse

Mother

Virginia Reed Osborn (Sturges)

Position Held

President of the American Museum of Natural History
(1/22/1908 - 1933)
Series Ordinal
:4
End Cause
:
Resignation
Replaces
:
Morris Ketchum Jesup
Replaced By
:
F. Trubee Davison
Start Time
: 1/22/1908
End Time
: 1933

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Participant In

Princeton Scientific Expedition (1877)

Award Received

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hayden Memorial Geological Award
(1914)
Point in Time
: 1914
Darwin Medal
(1918)
Quotation
: For his valuable researches on vertebrate morphology and palaeontology.
Point in Time
: 1918
Cullum Geographical Medal
(1919)
Point in Time
: 1919
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(4/29/1926)
Point in Time
: 4/29/1926
Wollaston Medal
(1926)
Point in Time
: 1926
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
(1929)
Point in Time
: 1929
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Paris
(1931)
Point in Time
: 1931
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