biography
| name: |
Williston, Samuel Wendell
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| male
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| lived:
| (1851–1918)
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| biography:
| Palaeontologist and entomologist, born in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Massachusetts, USA. The leader of many Western expeditions, he published important work on Cretaceous and Permian amphibians and reptiles. Reflecting his lifelong research, he also published three editions of his classic Manual of North American Diptera (1888–1908). He taught at the University of Chicago (1902–18). |
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