Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1879) was a paleontologist. During his career, Marsh published about 300 scientific papers and books in which he described and named approximately 500 new species of fossil ...

Film Description. The epic battle waged over dinosaur fossils by rival paleontologists in the American West. In the summer of 1868, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh boarded a Union Pacific ...

JUST within a period of two years the United States has lost two of its most distinguished palæontologists, Cope having passed away on April 12, 1897, while the death of Marsh is announced to ...

Othniel Charles Marsh was born in 1831, and came from more modest roots than Cope. His father was a farmer, but the young Marsh had the advantage of having a rich uncle, George Peabody.

Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) Early life: Born Oct. 29 in Lockport, N.Y., to a family of modest means. A wealthy uncle, George Peabody, paid for his education at Phillips Academy and Yale College.

This is one of four exhibits created by Yale students on exhibition in the Sterling Memorial Library. Click here to read about the others. Upon hearing reports about ancient bones being found in the ...

One of the key players in the “Bone Wars” of the late 19th century, his long-running feud with fellow bone sharp Othniel Charles Marsh is the stuff of scientific legend.

Othniel Charles Marsh. By A Yale Classmate. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter. Email Address. I agree my information will be processed in accordance with ...

I n the fall of 1884, when he heard that dinosaur remains had been discovered in a stone quarry near Manchester, Conn., Yale University’s Othniel Charles Marsh, a pioneering paleontologist ...

House of Lost Worlds Richard Conniff Yale Univ., $35. A century and a half ago, a young paleontologist named Othniel Charles Marsh persuaded his uncle, philanthropist George Peabody, to give Yale ...

Adapted for television by Graham Yost and Bruce C. McKenna, Crichton’s Dragon Teeth follows the notorious rivalry between real-life paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh ...

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927 Beecher, Charles Emerson 1856-1904 Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896 ... 1922 and undated; (2) correspondence from Fred Brown to Othniel Charles ...