Andrews, Roy C.
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- Summary
- Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He led a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. Chapman's popular writing about his adventures made him famous. Wikipedia
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1884-01-26 [2]
- Birth Place
- Beloit, Wisc. [3]
- Beloit [4]
- Died
- 1960-03-11 [2]
- Death Place
- Carmel, Calif. [3]
- Peninsula Community Hospital [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Great Britain [2]
- Website
- http://www.roychapmanandrewssociety.org/ [4]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- explorer [4]
- paleontologist [4]
- writer [4]
- zoologist [4]
- Profession
- Schriftsteller [2]
- Employer
- American Museum of Natural History [4]
- Educated at
- Columbia University [4]
- Beloit College [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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