Henry Fairfield Osborn
American geologist and eugenicist (1857–1935) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. FRS[1] (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935)[2] was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.
This articles is about the geologist; for his son see Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr.
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Born | (1857-08-08)August 8, 1857 Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | November 6, 1935(1935-11-06) (aged 78) Garrison, New York, U.S. |
Education | Princeton University (BA, PhD) |
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Lucretia Thatcher Perry
(m. 1881; died 1930) |
Children | 5 |
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Institutions | American Museum of Natural History |
Doctoral students | William King Gregory |
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