| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:archaeologist gptkb:person
 
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                                | gptkbp:author | gptkb:Climate_and_Evolution_(1915) gptkb:Paleocene_Faunas_of_the_San_Juan_Basin,_New_Mexico_(1937)
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1871-02-19 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Saint_John,_New_Brunswick,_Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:child | gptkb:Margaret_Matthew_Colbert 
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                                | gptkbp:citizenship | gptkb:Canada gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1930-09-24 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Henry_Fairfield_Osborn 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:University_of_New_Brunswick
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:American_Museum_of_Natural_History gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | vertebrate paleontology 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:William_Diller_Matthew 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | theory of faunal migration work on mammalian paleontology
 Matthew's law of faunal succession
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American gptkb:Canadian
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | gptkb:George_Gaylord_Simpson 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:archaeologist 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Annie_Hodges 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Prodaphaenus 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | W. D. Matthew 
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