Description: (Paleontologist)
Othniel Charles Marsh was a distinguished American professor of Paleontology at Yale College and served as President of the National Academy of Sciences. He made significant contributions to the field by discovering and describing numerous new species and developing theories on bird origins. Marsh's extensive global travels to study anatomy, mineralogy, and geology led to a teaching position at Yale. Engaging in the Bone Wars with Edward Drinker Cope, Marsh's legacy includes a notable collection of Mesozoic reptiles, Cretaceous birds, and mammals, now housed at prestigious institutions.