Charles Doolittle Walcott
1850
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1927
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: botanist, paleontologist, mycologist, naturalist
award received: Bigsby Medal, Hayden Memorial Geological Award, Mary Clark Thompson Medal, Wollaston Medal
Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850 – February 9, 1927) was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey. He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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