Othniel Charles Marsh

Othniel Charles Marsh

Born at Lockport, N.Y. October 29, 1831. Died at New Haven, March 18, 1899

Professor of Paleontology in Yale University 1866 – 1899

President of the National Academy of Sciences 1883 – 1895

Eminent as Explorer, Collector and Investigator in Science

To Yale University he gave his services, his collections and his estate

Marker can be reached from Grove Street near High Street, on the right when traveling north.

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