birth_place nationality field work_institutions birth_date prizes article_title name
bound brook , new jersey , usa united states paleontology us geological survey 9 january 1927 charles doolittle walcott medal paleontological society medal allison r. palmer
 allison r. palmer
allison r. palmer

allison ralph -lrb- pete -rrb- palmer -lrb- 9 january 1927 in bound brook , new jersey -rrb- is an american paleontologist and geologist .
his work has focused on the cambrian period .
he has had a career of nearly fifty years as a geologist with the united states geological survey and universities .
the author of some 137 scientific articles , his research has been important in understanding of the origin and evolution of life on earth .
