Charles Schuchert

Charles Schuchert
Charles Schuchert
Born	3 July 1858
Died	20 November 1942
Nationality	American
Fields	Paleontology
Doctoral students	Merton Yarwood Williams
Known for	Paleobiology
Notable awards	Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1934)

Charles Schuchert (3 July 1858 – 20 November 1942) was an American invertebrate paleontologist who was a leader in the development of paleogeography, the study of the distribution of lands and seas in the geological past.

Biography

He received a common school education, but, possessing an aptitude for scientific investigation, he early began a collection of fossils and the study of palaeontology. During the 1880s, he made a living drawing fossil illustrations for state geological surveys, Minnesota's for example, and continued to search for specimens for his own growing collection. He was preparator of fossils with Charles E. Beecher at Yale University from 1892 to 1893. He served on the United States Geological Survey from 1893 to 1894. After serving as curator of the U.S. National Museum from 1894 to 1904, Schuchert joined the Yale faculty, succeeding Beecher, the first invertebrate paleontologist there.

Schuchert coined the term paleobiology in 1904. In 1934 Schuchert was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.^[1]

Works

• Textbook of Geology
• Historical Geological Paleograph of North America
• Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroida, with Special Reference to North American Asteroida (1915)

References

1. ^ "Mary Clark Thompson Medal". National Academy of Sciences. http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_thompson. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 

• Adolph Knopf: Charles Schuchert 1858—1942. Biographical Memoir 1952, National Academy of Sciences
• History and Archives: Charles Schuchert. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
• Charles Schuchert, American paleontologist. Encyclopaedia Britannica online
•  "Schuchert, Charles". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. 

Persondata
Name	Schuchert, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	United States paleontologist
Date of birth	3 July 1858
Place of birth
Date of death	20 November 1942
Place of death