Barnum Brown
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| Barnum Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1873 Carbondale, Osage Co., Kansas |
| Died | 5 February 1963 (89) New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas |
Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873 - February 5, 1963) was an American fossil prospector and curator for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and intelligence operative. Brown notably led excavations at the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, where the first known remains of Tyrannosaurus rex were discovered in 1902, and later along the Red Deer River near Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
Selected Bibliography
- Brown, Barnum (18 Oct. 1907), "The Hell Creek Beds of the Upper Cretaceous of Montana", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (New York: AMNH) 23 (33): 823-845, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100441850
Reading
- Dingus, Lowell; Norell, Mark A. (2010), Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus Rex, University of California Press, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520252640?ie=UTF8&tag=apopheniacs-20