Earl Douglass, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Earl Douglass

American paleontologist

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1862

Place of Birth: Medford, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1931

Profession: geologist, paleontologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Earl Douglass (October 28, 1862 – January 13, 1931) was an American paleontologist who discovered the dinosaur Apatosaurus, playing a central role in one of the most important fossil finds in North America.
By 1922 Earl had unearthed and shipped more than 700,000 pounds of material including nearly 20 complete skeletons of Jurassic dinosaurs such as Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, Stegosaurus, Barosaurus, Camarasaurus and Brontosaurus.