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Alan J. Charig | |
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| Born | 1 July 1927 England |
| Died | 15 July 1997 (aged 70) England |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
Alan Jack Charig (1 July 1927 – 15 July 1997) was an English palaeontologist[1] and writer who popularised his subject on television and in books at the start of the wave of interest in dinosaurs in the 1970s.
Charig was, though, first and foremost a research scientist in the Department of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, London. There he worked on dinosaurs and their immediate Triassic ancestors, but also studied creatures as varied as limbless amphisbaenians (worm-lizards) and a Fijian gastropod, Thatcheria.
- ^ Thomas, Robert Jr, McG (28 July 1997). "Alan J. Charig, 70, Pursuer of Dinosaurs, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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