Thomas Dale Stewart (anthropologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1901
Place of Birth: Delta, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 27-Oct-1997
Profession: anthropologist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Thomas Dale Stewart (anthropologist)
- Thomas Dale Stewart (June 10, 1901 – October 27, 1997) was a founder of modern forensic anthropology and a major contributor to most areas of human skeletal biology, paleopathology, and related areas of physical anthropology.
- Stewart was known to have a more even temperament than his mentor, Aleš Hrdlicka.
- Stewart began his career in 1927 as an Aid to Hrdlicka in the Division of Physical Anthropology of the United States National Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.
- He advanced to Curator of the Division in 1942 and to Head Curator of the Department of Anthropology in 1961.
- In 1963, he was appointed Director of the National Museum of Natural History and also served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Science in 1964.
- He retired from administration in 1966 to pursue his research as Senior Anthropologist.
- Upon his retirement in 1971, he was appointed Anthropologist Emeritus.
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