death_date work_institutions field birth_date article_title author_abbrev_bot name
1969 university of iowa paleontology geology 12 february 1900 carroll lane fenton
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carroll lane fenton

carroll lane fenton -lrb- 12 february 1900 , butler county , iowa - 16 november 1969 new brunswick , new jersey -rrb- was a geologist , paleontologist , neoichnologist , and historian of science .
fenton was the author and illustrator of numerous books , many written with his wife , mildred adams fenton , on geology and paleontology for a general audience .
he published extensively in the field of paleontology in both the professional literature and in popular journals .
he was an associate editor of the `` american midland naturalist '' from 1923 to 1960 , expanding the coverage of the journal into the arena of paleontology .
as an undergraduate in geology at the university of chicago fenton met and married fellow undergraduate , mildred adams .
he received his bachelor of science in 1921 , then his doctor of philosophy in 1926 .
