Othniel Charles Marsh
Othniel Charles Marsh was an American paleontologist. Marsh was one of the preeminent scientists in the field the discovery or description of dozens of new species and theories on the origins of birds are among his legacies.
Marsh was born in Lockport, New York, United States, 1831,to a family of modest means. However, he was the nephew of the very wealthy banker and philanthropist, George Peabody. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1856 and Yale College in 1860. He then studied geology and mineralogy at Yales Sheffield Scientific School , and afterwards paleontology and anatomy in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau . He returned to the United States in 1866 and was appointed professor of vertebrate paleontology at Yale University. He persuaded his uncle George Peabody to establish the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale.
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