People

This page highlights different people I have profiled that have some connection to geology or paleontology. I do this so their contributions can be remembered.

Lucien Pearson Beckner (1872-1963) - publisher, museum curator, author, lawyer, paleontologist

William Wallace Borden (1823-1906) - philanthropist, miner, paleontologist, museum curator, surveyor

Ruth Gillespie Browne (1905-1999) - paleontologist, author, educator, philanthropist

Samuel Addison Casseday (1831-1860) - paleontologist, author

Asahel Clapp (1792-1862) - medical doctor, botanist, paleontologist, author

Barbara Ellen Moyer Conkin (1928-2019) - professor, author, paleontologist

James Elvin Conkin (1924-2017) - professor, author, paleontologist, soldier 

Amadeus William Grabau (1870-1946) - professor, paleontologist, geologist, author

Christopher Columbus Graham (1784-1885) - medical doctor, soldier, businessman, author, paleontologist

George Greene (1833-1917) - paleontologist, fossil dealer, author, soldier, museum curator 

James Knapp (1821-1885) - medical doctor, paleontologist

Albert Carl Koch (1804-1867) - showman, museum curator, author, paleontologist, fossil dealer

Ruth Ann Kramer (1920-2017) - librarian, researcher

John Herschel Lemon (1844-1935) - medical doctor, paleontologist, soldier

Henry Nettelroth (1835-1887) - engineer, soldier, paleontologist, author

Marjorie O'Connell (1890-1974) - paleontologist, author, museum curator, lobbyist

John Lawrence Smith (1818-1883) - professor, author, chemist, meteoriticist

Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston (1858-1946) - historian, geologist, author, philanthropist

Gerard Troost (1776-1850) - professor, medical doctor, chemist, author, state geologist, soldier

Elvira Wood (1865-1928) - research paleontologist, museum curator, fossil illustrator, author

Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Sr. (1805-1878) - medical doctor, professor, paleontologist, author