| 词条 | G. Arthur Cooper |
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|birth_name=Gustav Arthur Cooper |birth_date=February 9, 1902 |birth_place=College Point, Queens, New York |death_date={{dda|2000|10|17|1902|2|9}} |death_place=Raleigh, North Carolina |nationality=American |field=Paleobiology |work_institutions=Smithsonian Institution |alma_mater= Colgate University Yale University |awards=Mary Clark Thompson Medal {{small|(1957)}} Paleontological Society Medal {{small|(1964)}} Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal {{small|(1979)}} Penrose Medal (1983) }} Gustav Arthur Cooper (February 9, 1902 – October 17, 2000)[1] was an American paleobiologist. Cooper was born in College Point, Queens and attended Colgate University. He graduated in 1924, staying on to receive a master's degree in 1926.[2] He then attended Yale University where he received his PhD. in 1929. His dissertation was titled, "Stratigraphy of the Hamilton Group of New York." In 1930, he got a job as Assistant Curator at the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology in United States National Museum. He was promoted to a Curator position in 1944 for the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology. In 1957, he became the Head Curator of the Department of Geology, and 6 years later became the chairman of the newly formed Department of Paleobiology. He became Senior Paleobiologist in 1967, after which he devoted his life to research. He retired in 1974 with Paleobiologist Emeritus title. He died in 2000.[3] References1. ^Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, G. Arthur}}2. ^{{Cite web|title = Wonders of the Earth: Linsley Geology Museum – Spring 2014|url = http://news.colgate.edu/scene/2014/04/wonders-of-the-earth.html|website = The Colgate Scene|accessdate = 2015-10-28}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217692?back=%2Fsearch%2Fsia_search_collections%2FG.%2520Arthur%2520Cooper|title=G. Arthur Cooper|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives|date=1984|accessdate=December 15, 2012}} 7 : 1902 births|2000 deaths|People from Queens, New York|Paleobiologists|Penrose Medal winners|Colgate University alumni|Yale University alumni |
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