| LC control no. | nr2002046015 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jensen, James A., 1918-1998 |
| Variant(s) | Jensen, Jim, 1918-1998 Jensen, James Alvin, 1918-1998 Dinosaur Jim, 1918-1998 |
| Associated place | Boston (Mass.) Provo (Utah) |
| Located | Leamington (Utah) Mercur (Utah) Seward (Alaska) Salt Lake City (Utah) Hanford (Wash.) |
| Birth date | 1918-08-02 |
| Death date | 1998-12-14 |
| Place of birth | Leamington (Utah) |
| Field of activity | Paleontology |
| Affiliation | Brigham Young University Harvard University Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology University of Utah Manhattan Project (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Paleontologists |
| Found in | The road to Chilecito, 2001: t.p. (James A. Jensen) p. 1 (Jim Jensen; b. 2 Aug. 1918) People weekly, vol. 12, no. 17, 1979: page 109 ("Dinosaur Jim" Jensen; Brigham Young University) Wikipedia, website viewed October 27, 2014 (James A. Jensen; James Alvin Jensen; American paleontologist; extensive collection program at Brigham Young University in the Utah-Colorado region which spanned 23 years; given the name "Dinosaur Jim" during media coverage of his activities; born August 2, 1918 in Leamington, Utah; worked in Mercur, Utah, Seward, Alaska; Salt Lake City, Hanford, WA; worked on the Manhattan Project, at the Utah Field House of Natural History; Museum of Comparative Zoology of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University; went to Brigham Young University from 1961-1984 to help develop the Paleontology Program; the BYU Museum of Paleontology was built around Jensen's collection; attended the University of Utah; died December 14, 1998) |
| Associated language | eng |
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