Othenio Abel
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Othenio Abel | |
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| Born | June 20, 1875 |
| Died | July 4, 1946 (aged 71) |
| Awards | Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1920) |
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Othenio Abel (b. Vienna, June 20, 1875--d. Mondsee, Upper Austria, July 4, 1946) was an Austrian paleontologist. Together with Louis Dollo, he was the founder of paleobiology and studied the life and environment of fossilized organisms.[1] From 1917-1934 he was a university professor in Vienna and later headed the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Göttingen.[1] He also explored the Drachenhöhle cave at Mixnitz.[1]
In 1914, Abel proposed that fossil dwarf elephants inspired the myth of giant cyclopses, because the center nasal opening was thought to be a cyclopic eye socket.[2] In 1920 he was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.[3]
Further reading
- Baumgartel, Hans. "Abel, Othenio." in Dictionary of Scientific Biography. (1970). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Vol. 1: p.17-18.
References
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- ^ Adrienne Mayor, The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (Princeton University Press) 2000.
- ^ "Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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