G. Arthur Cooper in Laboratory
ID: 80-10291-34
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1980
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 9524 G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews
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G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), paleobiologist specializing in Permian brachiopods, stands at a workstation in his laboratory in the National Museum of Natural History. 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.
Subject
- Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-
- 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 26, 1984, in Smithsonian Institution Archives
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 9524 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
1980
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Curators
- Paleobiologists
- Laboratories
- Natural History
- Paleoontology
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Brachiopods
- Employees
- Museums
- Fossils
- Museum curators
- Natural history
- Paleobiology
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
ID Number
80-10291-34
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print