Person
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Roy Chapman Andrews wrote about Henry Fairfield Osborn in two books. Here is what each book says, with excerpts.
- 1884–1943
Under a Lucky StarRoy Chapman Andrews
Henry Fairfield Osborn, palaeontologist and president of the American Museum of Natural History — Andrews' chief and patron, and the author of the theory that central Asia was the 'mother of the continents,' the cradle from which mammals dispersed. That idea was the premise of the Central Asiatic Expeditions, and Osborn runs through the autobiography as the man who shaped Andrews' museum career.
…afternoon, I had the real opportunity of studying under Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn when he gave his last series of lectures as Da Costa Professor of Zoology at Columbia…Listen from here · chapter 4, 4:45…After my first trip to the Orient, a paper by Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, in which he expounded the theory that Asia was the home of primitive man and the mother…Listen from here · chapter 13, 3:47 - 1922–1925
On the Trail of Ancient ManRoy Chapman Andrews
Henry Fairfield Osborn, palaeontologist and president of the American Museum of Natural History. His theory that central Asia was the 'mother of the continents' — the homeland from which mammals dispersed — was the idea the expedition set out to test, and he wrote this book's Foreword.
…of eight of the thirteen great Orders of Mammals, as prophesied by Osborn in 1900, in the Central Asiatic homeland, namely, the Insectivores, the Creodonts, the…Listen from here · chapter 1, 6:05…early in 1920 and presented my plans for the expedition to Professor Osborn, he gave them the same enthusiastic endorsement and support that I always have had from…Listen from here · chapter 3, 13:25
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