Charles Doolittle Walcott
PersonAmerican paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927)
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and the third director of the United States Geological Survey. He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.
| Born | 1850-03-31 |
| Died | 1927-02-09 |
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