Charles Doolittle Walcott
American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76
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.
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Charles Doolittle Wallcott in 1873
Charles excavating the Burgess Shale (near Field, British Columbia) with his daughter and son, in the quarry which now bears his name
Charles Doolittle Walcott and his family in Provo, Utah, around 1907. Walcott often took his family along on collecting trips. Click on the photo for more information about the Walcotts.
Ottoia, a soft-bodied worm, abundant in the Burgess Shale
The first meeting of the NACA in 1915
Gravesite of Walcott in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.Awards
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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.
