Alexander Winchell

U.S. geologist and paleontologist (1824-1891) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 66

Alexander Winchell was an American geologist who contributed to this field mainly as an educator and a popular lecturer and writer. His views on evolution aroused controversy among his contemporaries; today the racism of these views is more cause for comment.

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