William Berryman Scott
| William Berryman Scott | |
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William Berryman Scott, second from the right
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| Born |
12 February 1859 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | 29 March 1947 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University (1877) University of Heidelberg (1880) |
| Notable students | Elmer S. Riggs, James W. Gidley, Loris Shano Russell, Glenn Lowell Jepsen |
| Known for | White River Oligocene monographs |
| Notable awards |
Wollaston Medal (1910) Mary Clark Thompson Medal(1930) Penrose Medal (1939) Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal(1940) |
William Berryman Scott (February 12, 1858 – March 29, 1947) was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from Princeton University in 1877 and received a Ph.D. from University of Heidelberg in 1880. He married Alice Adeline Post on December 15, 1883. Scott served as president of The Geological Society of America in 1925.
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