Llewellyn Ivor Price (October 9, 1905 – June 9, 1980) was one of the first
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian
paleontologist
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...
s. His work contributed not only to the development of Brazilian but also to global paleontology. He collected ''
Staurikosaurus'', the first
dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
discovered in Brazil.
Biography
Price was born in
Santa Maria. The son of American parents, he studied chemistry and graduated in zoology and geology in the United States. After being professor at
Harvard he returned to Brazil. He died of a heart attack in
Rio Grande do Sul.
Awards
* In 1980 he was awarded the ''José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva'' prize by the
Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
The Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia is a learned society, technical and scientific society that aims brings to bring together Brazilian geologists, to disseminate technical and scientific information, and to participate in national decisions invo ...
.
[http://www.sbgeo.org.br/index.php/sbgeo/realizacoes Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia: Prêmios (Accessed March 2011)]
References
* Book Os Fascinantes Caminhos da Paleontologia. Author : ''Antônio Isaia.'' Publisher Pallotti. (Portuguese)
* Book: "''Cronologia Histórica de Santa Maria e do extinto município de São Martinho.''" 1787-1933. Vol I. Author: ''Romeu Beltrão'', Publisher ''Pallotti'', 1958. (Portuguese)
Additional references
External links
Ivor Price-Science today''biography in Portuguese
1905 births
1980 deaths
Harvard University faculty
Brazilian paleontologists
Brazilian people of American descent
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