Charles R. Eastman

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Charles Rochester Eastman (born June 5, 1868 in Cedar Rapids , † September 27, 1918 in Long Beach ) was an American geologist and paleontologist .

Eastman studied at Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1891 and at Johns Hopkins University with a master's degree in 1892. He then went to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he received his doctorate under Karl Alfred von Zittel . In Munich he had studied fossil shark bits and after returning to Harvard he specialized in fossil fish under Louis Agassiz . He taught geology and paleontology at Harvard, where he became a curator at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. In 1910 he became a curator at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh . He also worked for the US Geological Survey in the New England section.

As a paleontologist, he dealt with fossil fish, first especially placodermi , then lung fish and fish with ganoid scales and finally recent fish taxa.

He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Charles Rochester Eastman became a member of the Paleontological Society in the founding year 1912 .

He translated the basics of paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel into English and organized its processing by US experts. The Textbook of Paleontology became a standard work in the United States - the first two volumes came out in 1900 and 1902, the third in 1925.

In 1892 he was married to Caroline A. Clark, daughter of a well-known manufacturer of astronomical telescopes, and had a son with her.

In September 1918 he drowned in the sea near Long Beach, California .

Fonts

  • Triassic fishes of New Jersey. Geological Survey of New Jersey. From the annual report for the State Geologist for 1904, 67-102, 14 plates, Trenton 1905
  • Triassic fishes of Connecticut. State geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin No 18, 77 S, XI Taf., Hartford 1911

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
personal data
SURNAME Eastman, Charles R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eastman, Charles Rochester
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American paleontologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Cedar Rapids
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1918
Place of death Long Beach (New York)