Charles Lewis Gazin
Charles Lewis Gazin | |
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| Born | 1904 Colorado, USA |
| Died | 1996 (aged 91–92) |
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| Workplaces | California Institute of Technology Society of Vertebrate Paleontology American Geological Institute United States National Museum |
Charles Lewis Gazin (1904–1996) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and paleobiologist.
Biography
Gazin was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on 18 June, 1904, to Charles Edward and Janie Frances (née Nicklaus) Gazin.[1]
In 1942, he was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces, and was eventually promoted to Major. He received the Legion of Merit in 1946, for work on radar scopes.[1]
He had a son named Chester. Charles Gazin died in 1996.[1]
Career
Gazin completed a senior thesis in geology in 1927.[1] He was close friends with the physicist Carl Anderson from an early age. Both men attended California Institute of Technology together for bachelor's and graduate education and received their doctorates on the same day in 1930. During the same year he began working for the United States Geological Survey.[2] He was named Assistant Curator in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Smithsonian Institution in 1932.[1] Ten years later, in 1942 he became Associate Curator and in 1946, a Curator of the Division. He was named Senior Paleobiologist in 1967, and when his retirement came in 1970, he got a Paleobiologist Emeritus position. Twelve years later in 1982 he became a Curator Emeritus. He wrote ninety-nine works on vertebrate paleontology, most of which were focused on mammalian paleontology. Gazin served as President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and was a Director of the American Geological Institute.[2]
Discoveries
The giant ground sloth and Uintatherium of North America were discovered by Gazin, and displayed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.[1]
Gazin also described the genus Conoryctella.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dawson, Mary; Wilson, Robert. "Memorial to Charles Lewis Gazin 1904–1996" (PDF). Rock.GeoSociety.org. The Geological Society of America. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ↑ Gazin, C Lewis (15 July 1939). "A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 29 (4): 273–286. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Conoryctella dragonensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
External links
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