John Bell Hatcher
John Bell Hatcher (11 Oktober 1861 – 3 Juli 1904)[1][2] adalah seorang paleontolog dan pemburu fosil asal Amerika Serikat yang dikenal sebagai "raja kolektor"[1][2] dan dikenal karena menemukan Torosaurus dan Triceratops, dua genera dinosaurus yang dideskripsikan oleh Othniel Charles Marsh. Ia adalah bagian dari kelas menengah profesional baru dalam sains Amerika, membiayai pendidikannya dengan pekerjaannya selain juga lebih terdidik ketimbang kolektor fosil yang lebih tua.
| John Bell Hatcher | |
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| Lahir | 11 Oktober 1861 Cooperstown, Illinois |
| Meninggal | 3 Juli 1904 (umur 42) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Sebab meninggal | Typhoid Fever |
| Makam | Homewood Cemetery (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| Almamater | Grinnell College Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School Princeton University (honorary degree)[1] |
| Suami/istri | Anna Matilda Peterson |
| Karier ilmiah | |
| Bidang | Paleontologi, Botani |
| Institusi | United States Geological Survey Peabody Museum of Natural History Princeton University |
| Disertasi | On the Genus of Mosses termed Conomitrium (1884) |
| Terinspirasi | George Jarvis Brush Othniel C. Marsh James Dwight Dana Samuel Wendell Williston |
Bacaan tambahan sunting
- Dingus, Lowell (2018). King of the Dinosaur Hunters : the life of John Bell Hatcher and the discoveries that shaped paleontology. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781681778655.
- Rea, Tom (2001). Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-4173-2.
- Obituary of John Bell Hatcher by Charles Schuchert (with a bibliography of Hatcher's works by O. A. Peterson) in The American Geologist, v.35, no.3, 1905.
- Obituary of John Bell Hatcher by William Berryman Scott in Science, v.20, no.500, 1904.
Referensi sunting
- ^ a b c Dingus, Lowell (2018). King of the Dinosaur Hunters : the life of John Bell Hatcher and the discoveries that shaped paleontology. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781681778655.
- ^ a b "John Bell Hatcher - Archives : Collections : Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History". peabody.yale.edu. 2 December 2010. Diakses tanggal 9 September 2018.
Pranala luar sunting
- Karya oleh/tentang John Bell Hatcher di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
- Diplodocus Marsh, by J.B. Hatcher 1901 Its Osteology, Taxonomy, and Probable Habits, with a Restoration of the Skeleton. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Volume 1, Number 1, 1901. Full text, Free to read.