Joseph Leidy
| Dr Joseph Leidy | |||||||||
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| Born | 1823 | ||||||||
| Died | 1891 | ||||||||
| Residence | Philadelphia | ||||||||
| Occupation | palaeontologist | ||||||||
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Joseph Leidy (September 9, 1823 – April 30, 1891) was an American paleontologist.
Leidy was professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and later was a professor of natural history at Swarthmore College. His book Extinct Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska (1869) contained many species not previously described and many previously unknown on the North American continent. At the time, scientific investigation was largely the province of wealthy amateurs.
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His bibliography includes 553 works
EG Extinct Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska (1869)