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Henry Fairfield Osborn
The discovery in the 1920s of a huge cache of fossils in the Gobi Desert fuelled a mania for dinosaurs that continues to the present. But the original goal of the expedition was to search for the origins of man. Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935), director of the American Museum of Natural History, stood at the forefront of the debate over human evolution and the expedition aimed to prove his theory of human origins. Osborn rejected the idea of primate ancestry and constructed a non-Darwinian theory that the evolution of man was the long adventurous story of individuals and groups exerting personal will-power and inborn characteristics to achieve both biological and spiritual success. It is ...
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Biographical Memoir of Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1857-1935
National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America Biographical Memoirs, V19.
Papers
The collection consists of corrrespondence, published papers, unpublished manuscripts, academic papers, research subjects, books, a letter press book, and other miscellaneous material. Correspondence makes up almost half of the collection, and is divided into three series: individuals, personal and organizations. Most of the remaining material pertains to Osborn's extensive work on evolution and paleontology, including such major works as The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America (1910); and Men of the Old Stone Age (1925). The complete list of Osborn's correspondence fills 38 pages; correspondents include: Hans Christian Adamson; Carl and Mary Jobe Akeley; J.A. Allen, Roald Amundsen (2 letters only); Roy Chapman Andrews; H.E. Anthony; (Charles) William Beebe; Charles Berkey; Franz Boas; Barnum Brown; W.D. Burden; James P. Chapin; Frank M. Chapman; T.D.A. Cockerell; Childs Frick; Milo Hellman; William Temple Hornaday; Charles R. Knight; Frederic A. Lucas; Frank E. Lutz; W.D. Matthew; Charles C. Mook; John T. Nichols; Gladwyn K. Noble; John T. Scopes; and George G. Simpson.
