Joseph Tyrrell
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Joseph Burr Tyrrell (November 1, 1858 – August 26, 1957) was a Canadian geologist, cartographer, and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur (Albertosaurus) bones and coal in Alberta in 1884.
Born in Weston, Ontario, he went to Upper Canada College and received a law degree from the University of Toronto. However, after articling for a law firm in Toronto, his doctor advised him to work outdoors due to his health. He joined the Geological Survey of Canada in 1881.
Tyrrell went into the gold-mining business in 1898, a career that would last more than 50 years. He was mine manager of the Kirkland Lake Gold Mine in northern Ontario for many years.
In 1918 he was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London. In 1933, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1947, he was awarded the Geological Society of London's Wollaston Medal.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta is named in his honour. The Royal Society of Canada's J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal is named in his honour.
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- Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Tyrrell and Albertosaurus. Retrieved on 2 January, 2006.
- Historica minute
- Joseph B. Tyrrell - Hall of Fame - Life of a Rock Star. Retrieved on 2 January, 2006.
