William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist
William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist

Author: Edwin Harris Colbert

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780231079648

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This is the only biography of William Diller Matthew (1871-1930), a paleontologist's paleontologist, and a man who occupies a major position in the history of North American paleontology. Using personal letters, archives, and accounts from those who knew Matthew, Edwin Colbert paints a compelling portrait of the scientist's work, presenting a delightful look at Matthew's family and life in New York at the turn of the century, complete with photographs of his excavations and world travels, relatives, and environs.

Letters to a Young Scientist
Letters to a Young Scientist

Author: Edward O. Wilson

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0871403773

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Weaves together more than twenty letters that illuminate the author's career and his motivations for becoming a biologist, explaining how success in the sciences depends on a passion for finding a problem and solving it.

Charming the Bones
Charming the Bones

Author: Ann Brimacombe Elliot

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780873386487

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Born in 1911 to unconventional parents, Margaret Matthew chose a career as an artist specializing in restorations of extinct animals. This book portrays Margaret's life as the wife of noted paleontologist Edwin (Ned) Colbert, the mother of her five sons, and her later life as a respected artist.

Patrons of Paleontology
Patrons of Paleontology

Author: Jane P. Davidson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2017-08-21

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 025303356X

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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed. These early decades of government support shaped the way the discipline grew, creating practices and enabling discoveries that continue to affect paleontology today.

Christianity in China
Christianity in China

Author: Xiaoxin Wu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-17

Total Pages: 862

ISBN-13: 1317474686

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Now revised and updated to incorporate numerous new materials, this is the major source for researching American Christian activity in China, especially that of missions and missionaries. It provides a thorough introduction and guide to primary and secondary sources on Christian enterprises and individuals in China that are preserved in hundreds of libraries, archives, historical societies, headquarters of religious orders, and other repositories in the United States. It includes data from the beginnings of Christianity in China in the early eighth century through 1952, when American missionary activity in China virtually ceased. For this new edition, the institutional base has shifted from the Princeton Theological Seminary (Protestant) to the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural Relations at the University of San Francisco (Jesuit), reflecting the ecumenical nature of this monumental undertaking.