Charles Doolittle Walcott | |
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4th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution | |
In office 1907–1927 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Pierpont Langley |
Succeeded by | Charles Greeley Abbot |
3rd Director of the United States Geological Survey | |
In office 1894 –1907 | |
Preceded by | John Wesley Powell |
Succeeded by | George Otis Smith |
4th Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics | |
In office 1920–1927 | |
President | Calvin Coolidge |
Preceded by | John R. Freeman |
Succeeded by | Joseph Sweetman Ames |
Personal details | |
Born | New York Mills, New York, U.S. | March 31, 1850
Died | February 9, 1927 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 76)
Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C. |
Spouses | Lura Ann Rust
(m. 1872; died 1876)Helena Breese Stevens
(m. 1888; died 1911) |
Children | 4 |
Awards | Bigsby Medal (1895) Wollaston Medal (1918) Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1921) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
Institutions | Smithsonian Institution US Geological Survey |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Walcott |
Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850 – February 9, 1927) was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey.[1][2] He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.