William E. Schevill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam E. Schevill
U.S. paleontologist (1906–1994)
Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1906
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 25-Jul-1994
Profession: paleontologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About William E. Schevill
- William Edward "Bill" Schevill (July 2, 1906 – July 25, 1994) was an American paleontologist famous for his part in dynamiting out the nodules of the most complete skeleton of the short-necked pliosaur Kronosaurus queenslandicus discovered in Hughenden in Queensland, Australia, in 1932.
- He later became known as an authority on the sounds of whales.
- Schevill had the title of scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he had begun working in 1943, technically retiring in 1985.
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