William Berryman Scott

For other people named William Scott, see William Scott (disambiguation).

William Berryman Scott
William Berryman Scott, second from the right
Born	(1859-02-12)12 February 1859 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died
Nationality	United States
Fields	Palaeontology
Institutions	Princeton University
Alma mater	Princeton University (1877) University of Heidelberg (1880)
Notable students	Elmer S. Riggs, James W. Gidley, Loris Shano Russell, Glenn Lowell Jepsen
Known for	White River Oligocene monographs
Notable awards	Wollaston Medal (1910) Mary Clark Thompson Medal(1930) Penrose Medal (1939) Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal(1940)

The William Berryman Scott House (1888), designed by A. Page Brown, at 56 Bayard Lane, Princeton, New Jersey in the Princeton Historic District

William Berryman Scott (February 12, 1858 – March 29, 1947) was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from Princeton University in 1877 and received a Ph.D. from University of Heidelberg in 1880. He married Alice Adeline Post on December 15, 1883. Scott served as president of The Geological Society of America in 1925.

Awards

• 1910 Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London.
• 1930 Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
• 1939 Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America.
• 1940 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.

Publications

• Scott, William Berryman. "American Elephant Myths," Scribner's, April 1887, 469-478.
• Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899 Princeton, The University, 1901-32 (v. 1, 1903) 8 v. in 13. illus. (part col.) maps (part fold., part col.) tables. 34 cm.
• Scott, William Berryman. Geological climates, by W.B. Scott.
• Scott, William Berryman. A history of land mammals in the western hemisphere. Illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings, by Bruce Horsfall. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1913.
• Scott, William Berryman. Some memories of a palaeontologist. Princeton, Princeton university press, 1939. 4 p.l., 336 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.
• Scott, William Berryman, 1858- The osteology and relations of Protoceras. Boston, Ginn & company, 1895. 1 p.l., [303]-374. 3 pl. (2 fold.) diagr. 26 cm.

References

• G.G. Simpson: Biographical Memoir of William Berryman Scott (1858–1947). Biographical Memoir 25, National Academy of Sciences (pdf, 1.4 Mb)
• Yale Peabody Museum: History and Archives: William Berryman Scott
• GBNF
• Lefalophodon: William Berryman Scott