Alfred W. Crompton
Alfred Walter Crompton (born February 21, 1927 in Durban ) is a South African vertebrate paleontologist and zoologist.
He studied at the University of Stellenbosch with a bachelor's degree in 1947, a master's degree in 1949 and a doctorate in zoology in 1951. He also received a Ph. D. in paleontology at Cambridge University in 1953 . From 1954 to 1956 he was curator of vertebrate paleontology at the National Museum of Bloemfontein and from 1956 to 1964 director of the South African Museum in Cape Town and lecturer at the University of Cape Town. 1964 to 1970 he was professor of geology and biology at Yale University and 1970 to 1976 director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History . 1970 to 1982 he was director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and also from 1970 to 1985 professor at Harvard University ( Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology ), from 1985 to his retirement in 2005 as Fisher Professor of Natural History .
It deals with the evolution of mammals and dinosaurs and the functional anatomy of food intake (movement of the jaw, tongue, swallowing mechanisms, teeth, etc.).
In 1976/77 and 1983/64 he was a Guggenheim Fellow . He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1969) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 2011 he received the Romer Simpson Medal .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members ( PDF ). Retrieved April 15, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crompton, Alfred W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crompton, Alfred Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African paleontologist and zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durban |