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Napier, J. R. (John Russell), 1917-1987

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Personal name headingNapier, J. R. (John Russell), 1917-1987
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Variant(s)Napier, J. (John Russell), 1917-1987
Napier, John Russell
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Biography/History noteDr.
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeWashington (D.C.) London (England)
Birth date1917-03-11
Death date1987-08-29
Place of birthOld Windsor (England)
Place of deathHull (England)
Field of activityOrthopedics Primatology Paleoanthropology Sasquatch
AffiliationSmithsonian Institution Birkbeck College
Profession or occupationCollege teachers Orthopedists Primatologists Paleoanthropologists
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Found inSymposium on the Primates, London, 1962. The primates, 1963
The natural history of the primates, c1985: title page (J.R. Napier)
Journal of Anatomy, volume 159, pages 227-229, viewed July 25, 2024: In Memoriam, Professor John Russell Napier, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.Sc. (Professor John Napier died at home in Hull on August 29, 1987 at the age of 70; anatomist and primatologist)
Wikipedia, viewed July 25, 2024: John R. Napier (John Russell Napier, born in Old Windsor, England, March 11, 1917; died August 29, 1987; primatologist, paleoanthropologist, and orthopedic surgeon; leading authority on primate taxonomy and notable for his work on Homo habilis; served as Director of Primate Biology at the Smithsonian Institution, after which he served as a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College in London; he was one of the first notable scientists to give serious attention to the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon)
OCLC, July 25, 2024: (access points: Napier, J.; Napier, J.R.; Napier, J.R. (John Russell); Napier, J.R. (John Russell), 1917-; Napier, John Russell; usage: J. Napier; J.R. Napier; John Napier)
Associated languageeng