What is Othniel Charles Marsh?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Othniel Charles Marsh | image = Othniel Charles Marsh - Brady-Handy.jpg | image_size = 200px | birth_date = {{birth date|1831|10|29}} | birth_place = [[Lockport, New York|Lockport]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|USA]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1899|03|18|1831|10|29}} | death_place = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], USA | nationality = [[United States]] | work_institutions = [[Yale University]] | alma_mater = | known_for = Dinosaur fossils }} '''Othniel Charles Marsh''' [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A]] [[PhD]] [[LL.D]] (October 29, 1831 – March 18, 1899) was one of the leading [[paleontologist]]s of the 19th century. He discovered and named many [[fossil]]s found in western [[North America]]. == Early life == Marsh was born in [[Lockport, New York]], into a family of modest means. However, he was the nephew of the very rich banker and philanthropist, [[George Peabody]]. He graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1860.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Professor Marsh is Dead. The World-Famous Geologist Succumbs to Pneumonia. Chair of Paleontology Founded for Him. Caused the Establishment of Peabody Museum |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806E5D91730E132A2575AC1A9659C94689ED7CF |quote=Othniel C. Marsh, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., professor of paleontology at Yale University, curator of the geological collection at the same institution, ... |work=[[New York Times]] |date=March 19, 1899 |access-date=2010-07-28 }}</ref> He later studied [[geology]] and [[mineralogy]] in New Haven, and afterwards paleontology and [[anatomy]] in [[Berlin]], [[Heidelberg]] and [[Breslau]]. He returned to the United States in 1866 and was appointed professor of vertebrate paleontology at [[Yale University]]. He persuaded his uncle George Peabody to establish the [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]] at Yale. == Career == [[File:Othniel C Marsh and Red Cloud in New Haven Connecticut.jpg