death_date nationality article_title workplaces field birth_date known_for residence author_abbrev_zoo image spouse name alma_mater
25 january 1975 british william charles osman hill
 university zoological society of london yerkes national primate research center university of of turin birmingham ceylon medical college university of edinburgh primatology anatomy anthropology 13 july 1901 '' primates : comparative anatomy and taxonomy '' united kingdom united states osman hill hill william charles osman hill.jpg yvonne & nbsp ; -- & nbsp ; 1975 -rrb- stranger -lrb- m. married & nbsp ; 1947 william charles osman hill university of birmingham
william charles osman hill

william charles osman hill -lrb- 13 july 1901 -- 25 january 1975 -rrb- was a british anatomist , primatologist , and a leading authority on primate anatomy during the 20th century .
he is best known for his nearly completed eight-volume series , '' '' , which covered all living and extinct primates known at the time in full detail and contained illustrations created by his wife , yvonne .
schooled at king edward vi camp hill school for boys in birmingham and university of birmingham , he went on to publish 248 works and accumulated a vast collection of primate specimens that are now stored at the royal college of surgeons of england .
