Alfred Romer

Alfred Romer
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	Alfred Romer in 1965
Born	Alfred Sherwood Romer; December 28, 1894; White Plains, New York
Died	November 5, 1973 (age 78)
Education	Amherst College; Columbia University;
Awards	Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1954); Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1956); Hayden Memorial Geological Award (1962); Penrose Medal (1962); Paleontological Society Medal (1966); Linnean Medal (1972); Wollaston Medal (1973);
	Scientific career
Fields	Paleontology
Workplaces	Museum of Comparative Zoology
Thesis	The Locomotor Apparatus of Certain Primitive and Mammal-like Reptiles (1922)
Doctoral advisor	William King Gregory
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Romer

Alfred Sherwood Romer (December 28, 1894 – November 5, 1973) was an American paleontologist and biologist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.