Charles Doolittle Walcott

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gptkbp:instanceOf paleontologist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:born March 7, 1850
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo understanding of early life forms
gptkbp:contribution study of trilobites
gptkbp:died February 9, 1927
gptkbp:education gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkbp:famousFor Walcott_Quarry
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:field paleontology
gptkbp:financialPerformance establishment_of_the_Burgess_Shale_as_a_key_fossil_site
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Walcott's_contributions_to_paleontology
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Doctor_of_Science_from_Johns_Hopkins_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Doolittle Walcott
gptkbp:influenced evolutionary biology
paleontology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkbp:influenceOn modern paleontology
gptkbp:involved geological surveys
gptkbp:involvedIn scientific societies
paleontological expeditions
expeditions_to_Canada
gptkbp:knownFor discovering_the_Burgess_Shale
gptkbp:legacy Walcott's_Law
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:David_W._McCauley
gptkbp:notableWork The Cambrian System
gptkbp:position gptkb:Secretary_of_the_Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:The_Age_of_the_Cambrian
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:The_Cambrian_Fauna_of_the_Burgess_Shale
gptkbp:releaseYear fossils_in_the_Burgess_Shale
gptkbp:researchAreas paleoecology
fossil record
gptkbp:researchContribution gptkb:Burgess_Shale_biota
classification of fossils
understanding_of_Cambrian_explosion
gptkbp:researchField geology
gptkbp:researchFocus Cambrian period
gptkbp:researchInterest fieldwork
paleontological methods
Paleontology_of_the_Burgess_Shale
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:scientificName Walcott Medal
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Louise_Walcott
gptkbp:work gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution