Erwin Hinckly Barbour

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name = Erwin Hinckly Barbour


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birth_date = 1856
birth_place = Oxford, Ohio
death_date = 1947
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field = Geology
Paleontology
work_institution = United States Geological Survey
University of Nebraska
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Erwin Hinckly Barbour, Ph. D (1856 – 1947) was an American geologist and paleontologist.

He was born near Oxford, Ohio, and was educated at Miami University and at Yale, where he graduated in 1882. He was assistant paleontologist to the United States Geological Survey from 1882 to 1888. He was employed in various places thereafter, including professor of geology in the University of Nebraska.

Barbour became director of the University of Nebraska State Museum and founded its vertebrate paleontology collections in 1891. He remained the director until 1941. [cite web |url=http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/vertpaleo/welcome.html |title=About the Vertebrate Paleontology Collections at the University of Nebraska State Museum |author=University of Nebraska State Museum |date=2004-05-04 |accessdate=2007-10-11]

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