G. Arthur Cooper
ID: 86-497
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1957
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9524, Box 1, G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews
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G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), on a field trip is laying on the ground picking up rock specimens to put in a bag he is holding in his right hand. Cooper, a paleobiologist specializing in the classification and stratigraphy of Paleozoic brachiopods, was appointed Assistant Curator in the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology of the United States National Museum (USNM) in 1930. He advanced to Curator of the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology in 1944. He assumed the Head Curatorship of the Department of Geology in 1957, oversaw its split in 1963, and continued as Chairman of the new Department of Paleobiology. In 1967, he was appointed Senior Paleobiologist, to devote his time completely to research, and continued as Paleobiologist Emeritus after his retirement in 1974. Throughout his career he conducted extensive field work in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, adding significantly to the national collections.
Subject
- Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-
- United States National Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Photograph included in the transcript of G. Arthur Cooper Interview by Pamela M. Henson, January 12, 1984, in Smithsonian Institution Archives
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9524, Box 1, G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1957
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Paleobiologists
- Scientific expeditions
- Collectors and collecting
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Field Work
- Employees
- Museums
- Paleontology
- Museum curators
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
ID Number
86-497
Physical description
Color: Color; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print