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 canonical 14
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, United States ⓘ
child 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 (United States) ⓘ
name Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
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, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
positionHeld president of the American Museum of Natural History ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
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 ⓘ
Henry Fairfield Osborn → child → Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Henry Fairfield Osborn
Osborn → hasNotableBearer → Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
Synapsida → namedBy → Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
Ornitholestes → namedBy → Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
American Bison Society → foundedBy → Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
American Bison Society → notableMember → Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ
Save-the-Redwoods League → founder → Henry Fairfield Osborn ⓘ