Andrews, Roy C.
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Exploring unknown corners of the 'Hermit Kingdom'article 1919
- 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
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1884-01-26 [2][5]
- Birth Place
- Beloit (Wisconsin, États-Unis) [3]
- Beloit [5]
- Died
- 1960-03-11 [2][5]
- Death Place
- Carmel (Californie, États-Unis) [3]
- Peninsula Community Hospital [5]
- Country
- Great Britain [2]
- United States [2]
- Website
- https://roychapmanandrewssociety.org [5]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- explorer [5]
- paleontologist [5]
- writer [5]
- zoologist [5]
- botanical collector [5]
- Profession
- Schriftsteller [2]
- Employer
- American Museum of Natural History [5]
- Educated at
- Beloit College [5]
- Columbia University [5]
- Country of Education
- United States [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [5]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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