Arthur Lakes
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| Born | 1844 |
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| Died | 1917 |
| Field | Geology Art |
| Institution | Colorado School of Mines |
Arthur Lakes (1844-1917) was a notable geologist, artist, writer, teacher and minister. He captured much of his geological and palaeontological field work in sketches and watercolours.
He was a part-time professor at what later became the Colorado School of Mines. Having sent a fossilized vertebra specimen (from the Morrison Formation of Dakota, USA) to Othniel Charles Marsh, in 1877, he was then employed by Marsh to seek other discoveries, in the so-called Bone Wars. He went on to unearth fossilized remains of Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus and Allosaurus.
Although he was employed by Marsh, Lakes was visited by Marsh's Bone War opponent Edward Drinker Cope, while working at Como Bluff. Although it was the last thing he intended, Lakes was the cause of increased animosity between Cope and Marsh, by co-operating with both.
During this time, he also worked as a teacher (at what is now the Colorado School of Mines) and as a clergyman. When he retired from fossil hunting, he went on to work for the U.S. Geological Survey and was a lifelong productive writer.
There is a library named after him, at the Colorado School of Mines.
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