Kenneth E. Caster
Kenneth Edward Caster (born January 26, 1908 in New Albany , Pennsylvania , † May 18, 1992 in the University Medical Center of Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American paleontologist .
Life
From 1936 professor at the University of Cincinnati , he dealt with many areas of paleontology, especially with Echinodermata and Arthropoda , but also with sponges, fish and Eurypterida . He worked a lot in the southern hemisphere and in India, the old Gondwana continent.
Caster received the Paleontological Society Medal , the Orville A. Derby Medal from the Brazilian Geological Service, and the Gondwana Medal from the Geological Survey of India. He was a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fulbright Fellow.
He was also three times President of the Paleontological Research Institution and President of the Paleontological Society , which named an award after him and his wife Annie Caster (1910-1995), a geologist who worked with Caster.
Web links
literature
- Ronald L. Stuckey: Kenneth Edward Caster (1908-1992) - Necrology . In: The Ohio journal of science . tape 93 , no. 5 , 1993, p. 158 ( online [PDF; accessed August 29, 2013]).
- Frank Delno Holland Jr., John Pojeta Jr .: Memorial to Kenneth Edward Caster, 1908-1992 . In: Geological Society of America: Memorials . tape 25 , 1995, pp. 15-17 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caster, Kenneth E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caster, Kenneth Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Albany , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1992 |
| Place of death | Cincinnati , Ohio |