Roy Chapman Andrews, the Glossary
Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.[1]
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59 relations: Academic degree, Adventuress (schooner), American Museum of Natural History, American Philosophical Society, Andrewsarchus, Associated Press, Beijing, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, Boy Scouts of America, Carmel Valley, California, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Ceratopsia, Charles P. Daly Medal, Colebrook, Connecticut, Columbia University, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Cretaceous, Dinosaur, Dinosaur egg, Dodge, Douglas Preston, East Indies, Egg, Field research, Fossil, Geologic time scale, George Lucas, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, Gobi Desert, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Hubbard Medal, Indiana Jones (character), James B. Shackelford, John W. Weeks, List of covers of Time magazine (1920s), Mammal, Mammalogy, Marine mammal, Marksman, Master's degree, Mastodon, Mongolia, Natural history, Paleontology, Paraceratherium, Percy Fawcett, Popular Mechanics, Provinces of China, Rhinocerotoidea, ... Expand index (9 more) »
Academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
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Adventuress (schooner)
Adventuress is a gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine.
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American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
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American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
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Andrewsarchus
Andrewsarchus is an extinct genus of ungulate that lived during the Middle Eocene in China.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
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Beloit College
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Boy Scouts of America
tag and place it alphabetically by ref name.
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Carmel Valley, California
Carmel Valley is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States.
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Carmel-by-the-Sea, commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California.
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Ceratopsia
Ceratopsia or Ceratopia (or; Greek: "horned faces") is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs that thrived in what are now North America, Europe, and Asia, during the Cretaceous Period, although ancestral forms lived earlier, in the Jurassic.
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Charles P. Daly Medal
The Charles P. Daly Medal is awarded to individuals by the American Geographical Society (AGS) "for valuable or distinguished geographical services or labors." The medal was established in 1902.
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Colebrook, Connecticut
Colebrook is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) was founded in 1934 and is located at 23625 Holman Highway in Monterey, California.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
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Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.
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Dinosaur egg
Dinosaur eggs are the organic vessels in which a dinosaur embryo develops.
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Dodge
Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis North America, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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Douglas Preston
Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Roy Chapman Andrews and Douglas Preston are people associated with the American Museum of Natural History.
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East Indies
The East Indies (or simply the Indies) is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery.
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Egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.
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Field research
Field research, field studies, or fieldwork is the collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting.
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Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
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Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
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George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist.
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Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Giulio Gatti-Casazza (3 February 1869 – 2 September 1940) was an Italian opera manager.
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Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert (Говь) is a large, cold desert and grassland region in northern China and southern Mongolia and is the sixth largest desert in the world.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. Roy Chapman Andrews and Henry Fairfield Osborn are American paleontologists and people associated with the American Museum of Natural History.
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Hubbard Medal
The Hubbard Medal is awarded by the National Geographic Society for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research.
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Indiana Jones (character)
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James B. Shackelford
James Blaine Shackelford (20 September 1886 – 5 August 1969) was a cinematographer. Roy Chapman Andrews and James B. Shackelford are American explorers and people associated with the American Museum of Natural History.
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John W. Weeks
John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts.
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List of covers of Time magazine (1920s)
This is a list of people and other topics appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1920s.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
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Mammalogy
In zoology, mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems.
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Marine mammal
Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence.
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Marksman
A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting.
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Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
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Mastodon
A mastodon ('breast' + 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for "mammoth"), which, strictly defined, was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene.
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Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
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Natural history
Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
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Paleontology
Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Paraceratherium
Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids belonging to the family Paraceratheriidae.
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Percy Fawcett
Percy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America.
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Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics (often abbreviated as PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics.
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Provinces of China
Provinces (p) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Rhinocerotoidea
Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls that appeared 56 million years ago in the Paleocene.
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Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography
The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG; Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi) is a scientific learned society founded in December 1877.
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Taxidermy
Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.
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The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club is an American-based international multidisciplinary professional society with the goal of promoting scientific exploration and field study.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Theropoda
Theropoda (from ancient Greek whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Walter W. Granger
Walter Willis Granger (November 7, 1872 – September 6, 1941) was an American vertebrate paleontologist who participated in important fossil explorations in the United States, Egypt, China and Mongolia. Roy Chapman Andrews and Walter W. Granger are American paleontologists and people associated with the American Museum of Natural History.
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Yunnan
Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.
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Yvette Borup Andrews
Yvette Borup Andrews (February 28, 1891 – April 12, 1959) was an American photographer associated with the American Museum of Natural History.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Chapman_Andrews
Also known as Roy Andrews, Roy Champman Andrews.
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