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Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2015.23R |
Title |
Edwin Colbert (1905-2001), Palaeontologist |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and Professor at Columbia University, Edwin Colbert (1905-2001), was awarded the Daniel Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Science and the Romer-Simpson Medal from the Society of Vertibrate Paleontology. Colbert completed a Ph.D. at Columbia University. A prolific researcher and author, he helped to popularize dinosaurs to a lay audience through his books and by organizing exhibitions. In 1969 his field work in Anartica solidified the acceptance of continental drift, by finding a 220-million year old fossil. The discovery lent evidence that the present day continents must have been part of a land mass or supercontinent that slowly separated over millions of years. The Colbert's lived on Park Avenue, all five of their sons graduated from Leonia High School. |
People |
Colbert,Edwin |
Subjects |
People Scientists |
Collection |
Notable Leonians File |
Source |
Internet |