Edward Oscar Ulrich was an American invertebrate paleontologist born February 1, 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, who died February 22, 1944, in Washington, D.C., and who specialized in the study of Paleozoic fossils, particularly fossil bryozoans, gastropods, ostracods and pelecypods, publishing prolifically on American paleontology across his career; in 1926, working with Ray S. Bassler, he described the conodont genus Ancyrodella. He studied at Wallace College and Ohio Medical College, served as curator of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History from 1877, worked as a paleontologist for the geological surveys of Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio, and served as associate editor of the American Geologist for ten years. He won the Mary Clark Thompson Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1930 and received the Penrose Medal in 1932; three extinct species, Climacograptus ulrichi, Bactritimimus ulrichi and the genus Ulrichoconus, were named in his honor.
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Notable WorkDescription of the conodont genus Ancyrodella (1926) 1 Partially Attested
NationalityLead sentence gives a U.S. birthplace, Covington, Kentucky, and describes his career, but does not use the word American explicitly; nationality inferred from birthplace. In the Other Atlases
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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In 1926, with Ray S. Bassler, he described the conodont genus Ancyrodella.
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Edward Oscar Ulrich (1 February 1857, in Covington, Kentucky, 22 February 1944, in Washington, D.C.) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils.
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