William E. Schevill
(1906-1994)
U.S. paleontologist
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William Edward "Bill" Schevill (July 2, 1906 – July 25, 1994) was an American paleontologist famous for his part in dynamiting out the nodules of the most complete skeleton of the short-necked pliosaur Kronosaurus queenslandicus discovered in Hughenden in Queensland, Australia, in 1932. He later became known as an authority on the sounds of whales. Schevill had the title of scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he had begun working in 1943, technically retiring in 1985.
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William E. Schevill 2 July 1906 Brooklyn, New York City, New York USA
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25 July 1994 (aged 88) Emerson Hospital, Concord, Massachusetts USA
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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