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Hyde, B. T. B. (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt) d. 1933
Temporary Assistant and Patron
Financed exploration in the Southwest
Worked at the American Museum of Natural History in American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology.
"B.T.B." Hyde was a sponsor of the Hyde Expedition and a patron of the American Museum of Natural History. He directly participated in several expeditions to the Southwest and catalogued the collection for the museum until 1920. Grandson of Babbitt Hyde and heir to his Bab-O soap company fortune. Member of The Explorer’s Club, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Funded and participated in expeditions to Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon.