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Derek E. Briggs Archives

 Collection
Call Number: IPAR.001166

Description of the Material

A small collection including some lists and information about specimens in the Peabody collections, and a news clipping.

Dates

  • 2003

Creator

Language of Materials

In English.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ypm.ipar.001166

Overview

The archives of Derek E. Briggs encompassing his career at Yale. These include primarily specimen information.

Biographical Sketch

Briggs received his B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin in 1972. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1976. In 1977 he began teaching at the University of London. He followed this with a stint at the University of Bristol from 1985-2002. He came to Yale in 2003 as a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and Curator in Charge of the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Yale Peabody Museum. He served as director of the Peabody from 2008-2014. His research focuses on the preservation and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossil biotas.
Title
Derek E. Briggs Archives
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Samantha Murphy
Date
2014
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Repository

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