Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902- Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology Division of Invertebrate Paleontology Search this
United States National Museum Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color ; Size: 1"w x 1 3.7"h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide
Type:
Person, candid
Slide
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1975
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), a paleobiologist specializing in the classification and stratigraphy of Paleozoic brachiopods, was appointed Assistant Curator in the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology of the United States National Museum (USNM) in 1930. He advanced to Curator of the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology in 1944. He assumed the Head Curatorship of the Department of Geology in 1957, oversaw its split in 1963, and continued as Chairman of the new Department of Paleobiology. In 1967, he was appointed Senior Paleobiologist, to devote his time completely to research, and continued as Paleobiologist Emeritus after his retirement in 1974.
See Negatives SIA2013-03893 through SIA2013-03899 for other photos of G. Arthur Cooper examining specimens.
Summary:
G. Arthur Cooper sits at a work station holding a fossil specimen in his hands to examine using a microscope.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
