Arthur Tindell Hopwood
Arthur Tindell Hopwood ( July 15, 1897 - October 22, 1969 ) was a British paleontologist .
Hopwood came from a family of artists and studied zoology and geology in Manchester before working as a curator at the Natural History Museum from 1924 . There he dealt with fossil mammals. Hopwood was close friends with George Gaylord Simpson .
In 1933 he first described the fossil great ape genus Proconsul , more precisely the species Proconsul africanus . He named it after Consul , a monkey from the London Zoo .
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Gaylord Simpson: Simple curiosity; letters from George Gaylord Simpson to his family, 1921-1970 . University of California Press, 1987
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| SURNAME | Hopwood, Arthur Tindell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British paleontologist, first descriptor of the fossil great ape Proconsul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1897 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1969 |