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'''Joseph Burr Tyrrell,''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]] (November 1, 1858 – August 26, 1957) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] geologist, cartographer and mining consultant. He discovered [[dinosaur]] [[Albertosaurus|(''Albertosaurus sarcophagus'']]) bones in [[Alberta]]'s Badlands and [[coal]] around [[Drumheller]] in 1884. Canada's [[Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology]] in Alberta was named in his honour.

Tyrrell was born in [[Weston, Toronto|Weston]], [[Ontario]], the third child of William and Elizabeth Tyrrell. He was a student at Weston Grammar School before graduating from [[Upper Canada College]] in 1876 and receiving a law degree from the [[University of Toronto]] in 1880. However, after articling for a law firm in [[Toronto]], his doctor advised him to work outdoors due to his health.

He joined the [[Geological Survey of Canada]] in 1880,<ref name="Barnes">{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Michael|title=Fortunes in the Ground|date=1986|publisher=The Boston Mills Press|location=Erin, Ontario|isbn=091978352X|page=170,198–199}}</ref> leading or participating in numerous explorations. He led the 1893 and 1894 expeditions into the Northern Barren Lands, down the [[Dubawnt River]], the first visit to the [[Kivalliq Region]] Barrenlands by a European since the explorations of [[Samuel Hearne]] in the 1770s. His younger brother, [[James Williams Tyrrell]], accompanied Tyrrell on the expedition, which included the first European contact with the [[Ihalmiut]], an [[Inuit]] people now almost extinct.

Tyrrell married Mary Edith Carey in 1894 and they had three children, Mary (1896), George (1900), and Thomas (1906).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1337887 |title=Joseph Burr Tyrrell |publisher=everything2.com |accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref> Mary Edith was founder and first president in 1921 of the Women's Association of the Mining Industry of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mining.ca/halloffame/english/bios/tyrrell.html |title=Hall of Fame Inductee |publisher=mining.ca |accessdate=2008-01-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214072434/http://www.mining.ca/halloffame/english/bios/tyrrell.html |archivedate=2007-12-14 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> In 1894, Tyrrell stumbled upon biographical recollections (11 books of field notes, 39 journals, maps and a narrative) of Canadian overland explorer, cartographer and fur trader [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] and, in 1916, published them as ''David Thompson's Narrative.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidthompsonthings.com/geog1.html |title=A short history |accessdate=2008-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123095015/http://www.davidthompsonthings.com/geog1.html |archivedate=2008-01-23 |df= }}</ref>''

Tyrrell went into the gold-mining business in 1898, a career that would last more than 50 years.

He was mine manager of the [[Kirkland Lake]] Gold Mine in northern Ontario for many years starting in 1926.<ref name=Barnes/>{{rp|191}}<ref name=Pain>{{cite book|last=Pain|first=S.A.|title=Three Miles of Gold: The Story of Kirkland Lake|year=1960|publisher=The Ryerson Press|location=Toronto|pages=53}}</ref>

Tyrrell retired to northeast [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]] on the [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]], where he established substantial apple orchards and interest in grafting and breeding. The expanded orchards, later managed by his son George, are now the site of the [[Toronto Zoo]]. He died in Toronto in 1957 at the age of 98.

==Honours and awards==

===Places named for Tyrrell===
* [[Tyrrell Sea]] (prehistoric [[Hudson Bay]])
* Tyrrell Arm, the east section of [[Yathkyed Lake]], Nunavut<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chrs.ca/Rivers/Kazan/Kazan-F_e.htm#3 |title=Kazan River |publisher=chrs.ca |accessdate=2007-12-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110132342/http://www.chrs.ca/Rivers/Kazan/Kazan-F_e.htm |archivedate=2007-11-10 |df= }}</ref>
* Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park, Toronto, Ontario
There is also Tyrrell Lake, a small alkali lake near Warner, Alberta.

===Institutions named for Tyrrell===
* [[Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology]], [[Drumheller]], [[Alberta]]
* J. B. Tyrrell Senior Public School in [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]]
* [[Joseph Burr Tyrrell Elementary School]] in [[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories|Fort Smith]], [[Northwest Territories]]

===Awards===
* 1896 [[Back Award]], [[Royal Geographical Society]]
* 1918 [[Murchison Medal]], [[Geological Society of London]]
* 1929 Honorary President, [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society]]
* 1930 Daly Medal from the [[American Geographical Society]]
* 1933 [[Flavelle Medal]], [[Royal Society of Canada]]
* 1947 [[Wollaston Medal]], Geological Society of London
* 1954 Professional Engineer's Medal from the [[Professional Engineers Ontario|Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario]]
* 1997 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

===Other honours===
* [[J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal]], Royal Society of Canada

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://link.library.utoronto.ca/tyrrell/bio.cfm?page=JB|title=Biographical Sketch of J.B. Tyrrell - University of Toronto|accessdate=16 September 2007}}
* {{cite web|url=http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/31_e.php |title=Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Tyrrell and Albertosaurus |accessdate=2 January 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110023715/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/31_e.php |archivedate=10 January 2006 |df= }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622200516/http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10181 Historica minute]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/rock/021018-4500-e.html|title=Joseph B. Tyrrell - Hall of Fame - Life of a Rock Star|accessdate=2 January 2006}}
*A biography by Heather Robertson, 2007, ''Measuring Mother Earth: How Joe the Kid became Tyrrell of the North'', McClelland & Stewart Inc. {{ISBN|0-7710-7539-1}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Joseph Tyrrell}}
*[https://barrenlands.library.utoronto.ca/ The Barren Lands Collection] at the [https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/ Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto]
* [http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/ Royal Tyrrell Museum website]
* [https://www.lindahall.org/joseph-burr-tyrrell/ Scientist of the Day-Joseph Burr Tyrrell] at [[Linda_Hall_Library|Linda Hall Library]]

* {{FadedPage|id=Tyrrell, Joseph Burr|name=Joseph Burr Tyrrell|author=yes}}
* '''''[http://www.science.gc.ca/GSC175 The History of the Geological Survey of Canada in 175 Objects]'''''
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008186 Joseph Burr Tyrrell] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622200516/http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10181 Historica’s Heritage Minute video docudrama about Joseph Tyrrell.] ([[Adobe Flash Player]].)
* [http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/collections/findaids/jbtyrrell.pdf Joseph Burr Tyrrell Papers, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library]
* '''''[http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/fra/h_00006.html L’histoire de la Commission géologique du Canada illustrée par 175 objets]'''''



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Joseph Tyrrell
Born
Joseph Burr Tyrrell

(1858-11-01)November 1, 1858
Weston, Canada West, Province of Canada
DiedAugust 26, 1957(1957-08-26) (aged 98)
Toronto, Ontario
Alma materUpper Canada College
University of Toronto
Known fordiscovery of Albertosaurus in Alberta, c. 1884
Scientific career
Fieldsgeology, cartography

Joseph Burr Tyrrell, FRSC (November 1, 1858 – August 26, 1957) was a Canadian geologist, cartographer and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur (Albertosaurus sarcophagus) bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884. Canada's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta was named in his honour.

Tyrrell was born in Weston, Ontario, the third child of William and Elizabeth Tyrrell. He was a student at Weston Grammar School before graduating from Upper Canada College in 1876 and receiving a law degree from the University of Toronto in 1880. However, after articling for a law firm in Toronto, his doctor advised him to work outdoors due to his health.

He joined the Geological Survey of Canada in 1880,[1] leading or participating in numerous explorations. He led the 1893 and 1894 expeditions into the Northern Barren Lands, down the Dubawnt River, the first visit to the Kivalliq Region Barrenlands by a European since the explorations of Samuel Hearne in the 1770s. His younger brother, James Williams Tyrrell, accompanied Tyrrell on the expedition, which included the first European contact with the Ihalmiut, an Inuit people now almost extinct.

Tyrrell married Mary Edith Carey in 1894 and they had three children, Mary (1896), George (1900), and Thomas (1906).[2] Mary Edith was founder and first president in 1921 of the Women's Association of the Mining Industry of Canada.[3] In 1894, Tyrrell stumbled upon biographical recollections (11 books of field notes, 39 journals, maps and a narrative) of Canadian overland explorer, cartographer and fur trader David Thompson and, in 1916, published them as David Thompson's Narrative.[4]

Tyrrell went into the gold-mining business in 1898, a career that would last more than 50 years.

He was mine manager of the Kirkland Lake Gold Mine in northern Ontario for many years starting in 1926.[1]: 191 [5]

Tyrrell retired to northeast Scarborough on the Rouge River, where he established substantial apple orchards and interest in grafting and breeding. The expanded orchards, later managed by his son George, are now the site of the Toronto Zoo. He died in Toronto in 1957 at the age of 98.

Honours and awards

Places named for Tyrrell

There is also Tyrrell Lake, a small alkali lake near Warner, Alberta.

Institutions named for Tyrrell

Awards

Other honours

References

  1. ^ a b Barnes, Michael (1986). Fortunes in the Ground. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press. p. 170,198–199. ISBN 091978352X.
  2. ^ "Joseph Burr Tyrrell". everything2.com. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductee". mining.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2008-01-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "A short history". Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-01-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Pain, S.A. (1960). Three Miles of Gold: The Story of Kirkland Lake. Toronto: The Ryerson Press. p. 53.
  6. ^ "Kazan River". chrs.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2007-12-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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