Henry Fairfield Osborn

Henry Fairfield Osborn

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Born	August 8, 1857; Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	November 6, 1935 (aged 78); Garrison, New York, U.S.
Education	Princeton University (BA, PhD)
Spouse	Lucretia Thatcher Perry (m. 1881; died 1930)
Children	5
Awards	Hayden Memorial Geological Award (1914); Cullum Geographical Medal (1919); Wollaston Medal (1926); Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1929);
	Scientific career
Fields	Geology; Paleontology;
Institutions	American Museum of Natural History
Doctoral students	William King Gregory
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Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. FRS (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.

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