Richard A. Robison
Richard Ashby Robison (born January 10, 1933 in Fillmore (Utah) ) is an American paleontologist . He was a professor of geology at the University of Kansas .
Robison graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in 1957 and a master's degree in 1958, and received a PhD in geology from the University of Texas in 1962 . In 1959/60 he was with the US Geological Survey . From 1962 he was Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of Utah (at that time he examined, among other things, coal deposits in southwest Utah) and 1966/67 Associate Curator for paleontology of invertebrates at the Smithsonian Institution . In 1967 he became an associate professor and later professor at the University of Utah and from 1974 he was Hedberg Professor of Geology at the University of Kansas, where he became Gulf Hedberg Distinguished Professor and Director of the Institute of Paleontology.
He dealt in particular with the invertebrate fauna of the Cambrian and specifically trilobites and biostratigraphy.
Robison was editor of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology from 1978 to 1985 .
He has been married since 1953 and has three children.
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- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robison, Richard A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robison, Richard Ashby (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fillmore, Utah |