Storrs L. Olson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Storrs L. Olson

American biologist and ornithologist

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: zoologist, ornithologist, paleontologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Storrs Lovejoy Olson (born April 3, 1944) is an American biologist and ornithologist who spent his career at the Smithsonian Institution, retiring in 2008.
One of the world's foremost avian paleontologists, he is best known for his studies of fossil and subfossil birds on islands such as Ascension, St.
Helena and Hawaii.
His early higher education took place at Florida State University in 1966, where he obtained a B.A.
in Biology, and the University of Florida, where he received an M.S.
in Biology.
Olson's doctoral studies took place at Johns Hopkins University, in what was then the School of Hygiene and Public Health.
He has been married to fellow paleornithologist Helen F.
James.