Arthur Smith Woodward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur Smith Woodward

English paleontologist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1864

Place of Birth: Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1944

Profession: historian, paleontologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Arthur Smith Woodward

  • Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS (23 May 1864 – 2 September 1944) was an English palaeontologist, known as a world expert in fossil fish.
  • He also described the Piltdown Man fossils, which were later determined to be fraudulent.
  • He is not related to Henry Woodward, whom he replaced as curator of the Geology Department of the British Museum of Natural History.

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