Author: Swinnerton, H.H.
Title: Outlines of Palaeontology
Description: Edward Arnold 1930 xii, 420; 8 (publisher's catalogue), 368 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, minor wear, shelf label removed from spine. Ex-lib.: book-plate of The Library of University Museum, Oxford, Palaeontological Collections. Provenance: from the library of Charles J. Bayzand (1878-1958), geology lecturer at University of Oxford and museum professional at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.. Second edition (first published 1923). Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1875-1966) was a British zoologist and geologist, lecturer in natural sciences at University College, Nottingham. His interpretation of fossils as living organisms contributed to a better understanding of palaeoecology and evolution. He also authored Fossils (1960), a book in the well-known New Naturalist Series (NN 62). (ODNB).

Keywords: Association; Evolution; Palaeontology


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