Person Osborn; Henry Fairfield (1857 - 1935); paleontologist, geologist, and eugenicist Osborn Henry Fairfield paleontologist, geologist, and eugenicist 1857 - 1935 American Male Fairfield, Connecticut, USA 08 August 1857 18570808 Castle Rock, Garrison-on -Hudson, New York, USA 06/11/1935 19351106 Marriage: Military chapel on Governors Island, New York, USA.

Castle Rock, Garrison-on -Hudson, New York, USA

paleontologist, geologist, and eugenicist Comparative anatomy Embryology Geology Eugenics Palaeontology Vertebrates Education: Princeton University BA, PhD; College of Physicians and Surgeons; Bellevue Medical School of New York; Cambridge University Career: Lecturer in Biology and Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Princeton (1883-1890); professor of zoology at Columbia University and simultaneously curator of the Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology, at the American Museum of Natural History (1891). Memberships: Boone and Crockett Club (1897) New York Zoological Society (President 1909-1925) Medals/Awards: Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1929) Parents: William Henry Osborn, shipping magnate, and Virginia Reed (née Sturges) Osborn. Spouse: Lucretia Thatcher Perry (1881) Known for his work on vertebrate palaeontology. Developed his own evolutionary theory of human origins named "Dawn Man Theory". Co-founded the American Eugenics Society in 1922. Supported eugenics for the preservation of “good racial stock” and endorsed Madison Grant’s “The Passing of the Great Race”, contributing the second and fourth prefaces of the book, expressing his views. Medals and prizes: Darwin Medal 1918 Foreign Member 29/04/1926 69 Robert Robertson; Frederick George Donnan; Edmund Johnston Garwood; Frederick Orpen Bower; John Charles Grant Ledingham; Thomas Lewis; Charles Scott Sherrington; James Peter Hill Ernest Rutherford; David Prain; James Hopwood Jeans; Henry Hallett Dale; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; George Clarke Simpson; Sydney Chapman; Leonard Bairstow; Frederick Alexander Lindemann; William Cecil Dampier Whetham Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 67-71, plate, by A Smith Woodward International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1936.0006 RCN 23735 RCN 57264 RCN 57265 RCN 57266 RCN 20007 RCN 15525 RCN 57267 8 Aug 1857 - 6 Nov 1935 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 05/06/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA751 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes efead49f-4f35-4aa1-a5ed-082a8130bd86