W. E. Swinton
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William Elgin Swinton
William Elgin Swinton est un paléontologiste et zoologue anglais né en 1900 à Kirkcaldy en Écosse et mort en 1994 à Toronto. Il a été membre de la Société royale du Canada.
Il commence à travailler pour le Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Londres à partir de 1924 et obtient son doctorat à l'Université de Glasgow en 1931. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il sert dans les services secrets de la Royal Navy.
Il enseigne ensuite à l'Université de Toronto à partir des années 1960 en continuant occasionnellement à collaborer avec le muséum de Londres où pour lequel il est spécialiste des dinosaures. Il a également collaboré avec le Musée royal de l'Ontario et le Ontario Science Centre.
Liste partielle des publications
- "The Dinosaurs" de 1934
- A Guide to the Fossil Birds (1934)
- The Science of Living Things (1935)
- 1948 A Cretaceous pterosaur from the Belgian Congo. Bulletin de la Societe Geologie, Paleontologie et Hydrologie. Liège 77, 234–238.
- The Corridor of Life (1948)
- 1954 Flight 170 million years ago. Discovery 15, 226–228.
- Fossil Amphibians and Reptiles 1954; sixième édition en 1974 978-0565005436
- "The origin of Birds," in Biology and Comparative Physiology of Birds (London: Academic, 1960),1.
Liens externes
Portail de l’histoire de la zoologie et de la botanique
Catégories : Paléontologiste | Paléontologiste britannique | Membre de la Société royale du Canada | Naissance en 1900 | Décès en 1994
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