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Charles Doolittle Walcott

American paleontologist and 4th secretary of the smithsonian (1850-1927).

Born March 31st, 1850 in New York Mills.

Died February 9th, 1927 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..

Occupations
botanical collector, botanist, mycologist, naturalist, paleontologist, scientific collector

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson