Samuel Wendell Williston
American paleontologist (1851-1918) · United States · Artists · Died at 67
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Something wrong?Samuel Wendell Williston was an American educator, entomologist, and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially, rather than arboreally. He was a specialist on the flies, Diptera.
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Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1851 to 1918 · aged 67
Artists from the United States 6
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