William Parks (paleontologist)

William Arthur Parks (11 December 1868 – 3 October 1936) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist, following in the tradition of Lawrence Lambe.

William Arthur Parks
Born	(1868-12-11)December 11, 1868
Died	October 3, 1936(1936-10-03) (aged 67)
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Awards	Foreign Member of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Toronto

Parks was born in Hamilton, Ontario. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1892, Parks joined the University of Toronto's staff, where he taught geology, paleontology, and mineralogy. He went on to earn a PhD in 1900. He wrote 80 scientific papers in his lifetime. Parks died in Toronto, Ontario, in 1936.

Named taxa

• 1919 Kritosaurus incurvimanus
• 1922 Parasaurolophus walkeri
• 1923 Corythosaurus intermedius
• 1923 Lambeosaurus lambei
• 1924 Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus
• 1925 Arrhinoceratops brachyops
• 1925 Neomeryx finni
• 1926 Struthiomimus brevitertius (type species of Dromiceiomimus)
• 1926 Thescelosaurus warreni (type species of Parksosaurus).
• 1928 Struthiomimus samueli
• 1928 Albertosaurus arctunguis
• 1931 Tetragonosaurus praeceps
• 1931 Tetragonosaurus erectofrons
• 1933 Struthiomimus currelli
• 1933 Struthiomimus ingens
• 1933 Ornithomimus elegans (type species of Citipes)
• 1935 Corythosaurus bicristatus
• 1935 Corythosaurus brevicristatus
• 1935 Corythosaurus frontalis

Honors

Parksosaurus was named in his honor by Charles M. Sternberg in 1937.

References

1. Jones, O. T. (1938). "William Arthur Parks. 1868-1936". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (6): 260–263. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1938.0006.

Russell, Loris S. (20 January 2014). "William Arthur Parks". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by John C. McLennan	President of the Royal Society of Canada 1925–1926	Succeeded by James H. Coyne