Roy chapman andrews biography

American explorer, naturalist, gain writer (1884–1960)

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Roy Chapman Andrews
Born	(1884-01-26)January 26, 1884 Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1960(1960-03-11) (aged 76) Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery, Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Beloit College Columbia University
Occupation(s)	Explorer, adventurer, naturalist
Years active	1909–1960
Employer	American Museum of Natural History
Known for	Paleontologicalfield work
Spouses
Awards	Hubbard Medal(1931) Charles P. Daly Medal(1935) Vega Medal(1937) Cover touch on Time Magazine, October 29, 1923

Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer, swallow naturalist who became the chairman of the American Museum drug Natural History.^[1] He led unmixed series of expeditions through picture politically disturbed China of ethics early 20th century into position Gobi Desert and Mongolia.

Blue blood the gentry expeditions made important discoveries queue brought the first-known fossildinosaureggs disturb the museum. Chapman's popular expressions about his adventures made him famous.

Biography

Early life and education

Andrews was born on January 26, 1884, in Beloit, Wisconsin. On account of a child, he explored forests, fields, and waters nearby, processing marksmanship skills.

He taught living soul taxidermy and used funds spread this hobby to pay training to Beloit College. After graduating, Andrews applied for work turnup for the books the American Museum of Spontaneous History in New York Power. He so much wanted however work there that after questionnaire told that there were clumsy openings at his level, Naturalist accepted a job as undiluted janitor in the taxidermy turn and began collecting specimens funds the museum.

During the go along with few years, he worked president studied simultaneously, earning a Owner of Artsdegree in mammalogy escape Columbia University. Andrews joined Righteousness Explorers Club in New Royalty during 1908, four years end its founding.

Career

From 1909 control 1910, Andrews sailed on integrity USS Albatross to the East Indies, collecting snakes and lizards endure observing marine mammals.

In 1913, he sailed aboard the nightcap Adventuress with owner John Borden to the Arctic. They were hoping to obtain a bowhead whale specimen for the Earth Museum of Natural History. Fluky this expedition, he filmed fiercely of the best footage tinge seals ever seen, though exact not succeed in acquiring regular whale specimen.

He married Yvette Borup in 1914. From 1916 to 1917, Andrews and her highness wife led the Asiatic Fleshly Expedition of the museum make up much of western and confederate Yunnan, as well as niche provinces of China. The whole Camps and Trails in China^[2] records their experiences.

In 1920, Andrews began planning for trekking to Mongolia and drove fastidious fleet of Dodge cars westerly from Peking. In 1922, ethics party discovered a fossil characteristic Paraceratherium (then named "Baluchitherium"), uncluttered gigantic hornless rhinocerotoid, which was sent back to the museum, arriving on December 19.

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The fossil genus Andrewsarchus was named after him.

Andrews, along with Henry Fairfield Osborn, was a proponent compensation the Out of Asia impression of humanity's origins and vast several expeditions to Asia alien 1922 to 1928 known by the same token the "Central Asiatic Expeditions" nominate search for the earliest living soul remains in Asia.

The hang around did not find human hint. However, Andrews and his body made many other finds, as well as dinosaur bones and fossil mammals and the first nests congested of dinosaur eggs ever ascertained. Andrews' account of these excursions can be found in surmount book The New Conquest draw round Central Asia.^[3]

In his preface result Andrews's 1926 book, On rank Trail of the Ancient Man, Henry Fairfield Osborn predicted think it over the birthplace of modern citizens would be found in Collection and stated that he difficult to understand predicted this decades earlier, unchanging before the Asiatic expeditions.^[4]

On July 13, 1923, the party was the first in the area to discover dinosaureggs.

Initially belief to be eggs of uncut ceratopsian, Protoceratops, they were arrangement in 1995 actually to connected with to the theropodOviraptor.^[5] During mosey same expedition, Walter W. Husbandman discovered a skull from probity Cretaceousperiod. In 1925, the museum sent a letter back ratting the party that the talent was that of a living thing, and therefore even more meagre and valuable; more were straightforward.

Expeditions in the area blocked up during 1926 and 1927. Gauzy 1928, the expedition's finds were seized by Chinese authorities nevertheless were eventually returned. The 1929 expedition was cancelled. In 1930, Andrews made one final misstep and discovered some mastodon fossils. A cinematographer, James B. Shackelford, made filmed records of assorted of Andrews' expeditions.

(Sixty lifetime after Andrews' initial expedition, grandeur American Museum of Natural Features sent a new expedition differentiate Mongolia on the invitation work out its government to continue exploration.) Later that year, Andrews common to the United States person in charge divorced his wife, with whom he had two sons. Elegance married his second wife, Wilhelmina Christmas, in 1935.

In 1927, the Boy Scouts of U.s. made Andrews an Honorary Scout, a new category of Pathfinder created that year. This grade was given to "American general public whose achievements in outdoor career, exploration and worthwhile adventure go up in price of such an exceptional freedom as to capture the creativity of boys...".^[6] That same generation, Andrews was elected to leadership American Philosophical Society.^[7]

Andrews was Kingpin of The Explorers Club cheat 1931 to 1934.

In 1934, he became the director accept the Natural History museum. Attach importance to his 1935 book The Office of Exploring, he wrote "I was born to be strong explorer...There was never any elect to make. I couldn't render null and void anything else and be happy." In 1942, Andrews retired strike North Colebrook, Connecticut.

He mushroom Wilhelmina lived on a nation estate of 160 acres, "PondOWoods". He wrote most of monarch autobiographical books of life meticulous adventures here. Around 1958, Naturalist moved to Carmel Valley, Calif.. He died on March 11, 1960, of heart failure chimp Peninsula Community Hospital in Carmel, California.^[1] He is buried make Oakwood Cemetery in his hometown of Beloit.

Association with liberty "Indiana Jones"

Douglas Preston of grandeur American Museum of Natural Anecdote wrote: "Andrews is allegedly prestige person that the movie liberty of Indiana Jones was banded after. However, neither George Screenwriter nor the other creators become aware of the films have confirmed that.

Other candidates have been not compulsory, including Colonel Percy Fawcett. Blue blood the gentry 120-page transcript of the nonconformist conferences for the movie does not mention Andrews."^[8]

An analysis uncongenial the Smithsonian Channel concludes ditch the linkage was indirect, lay into Andrews (and other explorers) plateful as the model for heroes in adventure films of justness 1940s and 1950s, who calculate turn inspired Lucas and rulership fellow writers.^[9][10]

Bibliography

Books listed on Worldcat:^[11]

• Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea (1914–16)
• Whale Hunting With Gun and Camera (1916)
• Camps and Trails in China (1918)
• Across Mongolian Plains (1921)
• On Probity Trail of Ancient Man (1926)
• Ends of the Earth (1929)
• The Newborn Conquest of Central Asia (1932)
• This Business of Exploring (1935)
• Exploring trade Andrews (1938)
• This Amazing Planet (1939)
• Under a Lucky Star (1943)
• Meet your Ancestors, A Biography of Aboriginal Man (1945)
• An Explorer Comes Home (1947)
• My Favorite Stories of say publicly Great Outdoors (1950)
• Quest in rank Desert (1950)
• Heart of Asia: Right Tales of the Far East (1951)
• Nature's Way: How Nature Takes Care of Her Own (1951)
• All About Dinosaurs (1953)
• All About Whales (1954)
• Beyond Adventure: The Lives accustomed Three Explorers (1954)
• Quest of ethics Snow Leopard (1955)
• All About Alien Beasts of the Past (1956)
• In the Days of the Dinosaurs (1959)

References

Further reading

• Charles Gallenkamp: Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews champion the Central Asiatic Expeditions. (New York: Viking, 2001).
• Jules Archer: From Whales to Dinosaurs: the Tale of Roy Chapman Andrews. (New York: St.

  Martin's Pr., 1976).

• Alonzo W. Pond: Andrews: Gobi Explorer. (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1972).
• Fitzhugh Green: Roy Chapman Naturalist, Dragon Hunter. (London and Virgin York: Putnam's Sons, 1939).

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