William Berryman Scott

William Berryman Scott (12 February 1858 – 29 March 1947) was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University.

Born in Cincinnati, he graduated from Princeton University in and received a Ph.D. from University of Heidelberg in 1880.

He married Alice Adeline Post on December 15, 1883.

Awards

He received the Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America in 1939. [http://www.geosociety.org/aboutus/awards/past.htm]

Publications

*"Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899" Princeton, The University, 1901-32 [v. 1, 1903] 8 v. in 13. illus. (part col.) maps (part fold., part col.) tables. 34 cm.
*Scott, William Berryman. "Geological climates", by W.B. Scott.
*Scott, William Berryman. "A history of land mammals in the western hemisphere." Illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings, by Bruce Horsfall. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1913.
*Scott, William Berryman. "Some memories of a palaeontologist." Princeton, Princeton university press, 1939. 4 p.l., 336 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.
*Scott, William Berryman, 1858- "The osteology and relations of Protoceras." Boston, Ginn & company, 1895. 1 p.l., [303] -374. 3 pl. (2 fold.) diagr. 26 cm.

References

* [http://www.yale.edu/peabody/archives/ypmbios/scott.html Yale Peabody Museum: History and Archives: William Berryman Scott]
* [http://www.gbnf.com/gene1001/franklne/html/d0070/I303918.HTM GBNF]
* [http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/lefa/Scott.html Lefalophodon: William Berryman Scott]