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Gaylord Simpson

American paleontologist (1902–1984).

Born June 16th, 1902 in Chicago.

Died October 6th, 1984 at 82 years old in Tucson.

Occupations
autobiographer, curator, paleontologist, zoologist

No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut