Charles Emerson Beecher
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| Born | October 9, 1856 Dunkirk, New York, USA |
| Died | February 14, 1904 (aged 47) |
| Residence | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Citizenship | American |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Paleontologist |
| Institutions | Yale Peabody Museum |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Othniel Charles Marsh |
| Known for | Invertebrate paleontology, Trilobite anatomy |
| Influences | James Hall, Othniel Charles Marsh |
| Influenced | Charles Schuchert |
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Charles Emerson Beecher (9 October 1856 – 14 February 1904) was an American paleontologist most famous for the thorough excavation, preparation and study of trilobite ventral anatomy from specimens collected at Beecher's Trilobite Bed. Beecher was rapidly promoted at Yale Peabody Museum, eventually rising to head that institution.
"Quiet, unassuming, modest in a very marked degree, simple, without affectation, entirely free from all eccentricities, conscientious and painstaking in every thing he had to do. In the words of Professor Chittenden, Director of the Sheffield Scientific School '. . . . to those who knew Professor Beecher intimately no words of appreciation will be deemed too extravagant, for close association only brought more clearly to view the many mental traits that testified to the strength of character and of mind that helped to make Professor Beecher one of the strong men of the Scientific School.' "
Charles Emerson Beecher, the son of Moses and Emily Emerson Beecher, was born in Dunkirk, New York, October 9, 1856. In early childhood Beecher's family moved to Warren, Pennsylvania, where he attended private and high schools.
A born naturalist and collector, Beecher began collecting fossils from the Chemung and Waverly Formations about Warren, resulting in an extensive collection of fossil Phyllocarids and freshwater Unionids presented to the New York State Museum in Albany in 1886 and 1887. 20,000 specimens (40,000 if duplicates are included), largely collected by Beecher himself, were present, including at least 121 species of land and fresh-water Mollusca. 102 localities are represented, seventy of which are in New York State, the others being in various parts of the United States, especially Warren, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
"...a collection of fine selected material it stands an excellent proof of Beecher's indefatigable industry and appreciation of what a collection should be, much of it, it should be remembered, gathered when he was a youth, or even a child."
Beecher received an undergraduate degree (B.S.) from University of Michigan in 1878.
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