Brown, Barnum

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: February 12, 1873 - February 5, 1963

Biographical Note

Barnum Brown (born February 12, 1873, Carbondale, Kansas – died February 5, 1963, New York, New York) was a distinguished curator at the American Museum of Natural History in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. A famous fossil hunter, known as "Father of the Dinosaurs", he collected numerous specimens on many scientific expeditions for the Museum. In addition to excavating the first discovered remains of Tyrannosaurus rex, Brown collected more than fossils. His contributions to the scientific collections in the Museum include mammals, birds and insects. In 1928, Brown uncovered arrowheads near Folsom, New Mexico, which established human habitiation on the North American continent back to 20,000 years.

Chronology:

1893
: Entered Kansas University
December 12, 1897
: Joined the American Museum of Natural History
1922
: Elected to Life Membership of the American Museum of Natural History
1925
: Placed in charge of Department of Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibition Halls and Preparation Laboratory
1942
: Retired from the American Museum of Natural History

Occupations

Paleontologists

Topics

AMNH People

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Department of Vertebrate Paleontology correspondence

Collection

Identifier: VPA 105

Scope and Contents Department of Vertebrate Paleontology correspondence from 1887-1966, alphabetized by subject or author. Hundreds of scientists worldwide are represented by correspondence and include Alexander Agassiz, Glover M. Allen, Florentino Ameghino, Erwin H. Barbour, Franz Boas, Stephen F. Borhegyi, Robert Broom, Barnum Brown, Hermon C. Bumpus, Edwin H. Colbert, Thomas Alva Edison, Walter Granger, William T. Gregory, Claude W. Hibbard, D.A. Hooijer, William T. Hornaday, Remington Kellogg, Charles R....

Dates: 1887-1966

Found in: Vertebrate Paleontology Archives / Department of Vertebrate Paleontology correspondence