Henry Fairfield Osborn

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Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935): a student of E.D. Cope, Osborn was instrumental in catapulting the American Museum of Natural History into its present day position as one of the finest natural history institutions in the world. Osborn was from affluent background, the son of a 19th Century robber-baron who had accrued a fortune in railroads, and his wealth and social skills, as much as his brilliance and ambition, are largely responsible for the fame of the AMNH today. Among Osborn's more inspired decisions was hiring Barnum Brown as a collector for the museum. Osborn used his connections and wealth to help finance and organize the famed Central Asiatic expeditions of the AMNH. Further accomplishments include the 1923 description of Pentaceratops sternbergii, although Osborn is perhaps most renowned for his work on fossil mammals, and in particular, elephants.

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