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11 march 1960 american 26 january 1884 carmel-by-the-sea , california roy chapman andrews 250px yvette borup , wilhelmina christmas roy chapman andrews 50488r.jpg american museum of natural history roy chapman andrews explorer , adventurer , naturalist roy chapman andrews oakwood cemetery , beloit , wisconsin 1909 -- 1960 beloit , wisconsin hubbard -lrb- 1935 -rrb- vega medal -lrb- 1937 -rrb- cover of medal time magazine , october 29 , 1923 -lrb- 1931 -rrb- charles p. daly medal paleontological field work roy chapman andrews
 beloit , wisconsin
roy chapman andrews

`` for the former professional american football coach see leroy andrews '' roy chapman andrews -lrb- january 26 , 1884 -- march 11 , 1960 -rrb- was an american explorer , adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the american museum of natural history .
he is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the fragmented china of the early 20th century into the gobi desert and mongolia .
the expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum .
his popular writings about his adventures made him famous .
