William Diller Matthew

William Diller Matthew.

William Diller Matthew (February 19, 1871 – September 24, 1930) was a vertebrate paleontologist who worked primarily on mammal fossils.

Matthew was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of George Frederic Matthew and Katherine (Diller) Matthew. His father was an amateur geologist and paleontologist who instilled his son with an abiding interest in the earth sciences. Matthew received an A.B. at the University of New Brunswick in 1889 and then earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1894.

Matthew was curator of the American Museum of Natural History from the mid-1890s to 1927, and director of the University of California Museum of Paleontology from 1927 to 1930.

References

"William Diller Matthew." Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936.