Charles Doolittle Walcott

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater self-taught
gptkbp:authorAbbreviationZoo gptkb:Walcott
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
gptkb:Bigsby_Medal
gptkb:Mary_Clark_Thompson_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1850-03-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_Mills,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Benjamin_Stuart_Walcott
gptkb:Charles_Walcott_Jr.
gptkb:Helen_Breese_Walcott
gptkb:Sidney_Stevens_Walcott
gptkbp:deathDate 1927-02-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy Burgess Shale fossils
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1909
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:fieldOfWork geology
paleontology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Doolittle Walcott
gptkbp:influenced paleontology of the Cambrian period
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of the Burgess Shale
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork Burgess Shale research
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:geologist
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Secretary_of_the_Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Smithsonian_Miscellaneous_Collections
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_Mills,_New_York
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Rock_Creek_Cemetery,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:signature Charles Doolittle Walcott signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Vaux_Walcott
gptkb:Helena_Breese_Stevens
gptkbp:termEnd 1927
gptkbp:termStart 1907
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Waptia_fieldensis
gptkb:Burgess_Shale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5