Brown, Barnum

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
בראון, ברנום
Name (Latin)
Brown, Barnum
Other forms of name
Bones, Mr., 1873-1963
Date of birth
1873-02-12
Date of death
1963-02-05
Place of birth
Carbondale (Kan.)
Field of activity
Paleontology
Associate group
University of Kansas
Occupation
Paleontologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 60517552
Wikidata: Q23139
Library of congress: n 85146818
BGU10: 000022539
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, January 10, 2019(Barnum Brown; Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873--February 5, 1963), commonly referred to as Mr. Bones, was an American paleontologist; named after the circus showman P. T. Barnum, he discovered the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus during a career that made him one of the most famous fossil hunters working from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century; he was born in Carbondale, Kansas and died in New York City, New York)
  • Bird, R.T. Bones for Barnum Brown, c1985.
  • Brown, F.R. Let's call him Barnum, c1987:p. 1, etc. (Barnum Brown; b. 2/12/1873; d. 2/5/63)
  • Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 8, 2012(born in Carbondale, Kansas; paleontologist who discovered the first Tyrannosaurus rex)
  • Strange science, via WWW, Oct. 8, 2012(attended Kansas University, 1894)