Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was professor of anatomy at Columbia University, president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.
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- Born in
- Fairfield
- Educated at
- Princeton University
- Awards
- 🏆 Cullum Geographical Medal🏆 Darwin Medal🏆 Wollaston Medal🏆 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Edward Drinker Cope
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Lawrence Lambe
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1857
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Birth1935
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