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Roy Chapman Andrews war ein US-amerikanischer Forscher, Abenteurer, Paläontologe und Direktor des American Museum of Natural History. In erster Linie bekannt wurde er für seine Expeditionen durch das geteilte China im frühen 20. Jahrhundert sowie in die Wüste Gobi und die Mongolei. Die Expeditionen brachten eine Fülle an neuen ...
Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He led a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia .
Roy Chapman Andrews gained national fame as an explorer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He began his career at the museum in 1906 by sweeping floors and assisting in the taxidermy department. By 1934 he had become the museum’s director.
Roy Chapman Andrews was a naturalist, explorer, and author, who led many important scientific expeditions for which he obtained financial support through his public lectures and books, particularly on central Asia and eastern Asia.
Andrews, Roy Chapman, amerikan. Paläontologe, *26. 1. 1884 Beloit (Wis.), †11. 3. 1960 Carmel (Calif.); leitete bis 1942 das American Museum of Natural History in New York; unternahm mehrere Expeditionen nach Asien und wurde unter anderem durch seine bedeutenden Funde von Dinosauriern in der Mongolei bekannt.
During the 1920s, Roy Chapman Andrews led the first AMNH expeditions to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. This bold explorer and real-life "Indiana Jones" inspired many people to pursue paleontology. Andrews, who began his career sweeping floors at the Museum, eventually became the Museum's Director.
In 1908, as an eager young assistant at the Museum, Roy Chapman Andrews got an opportunity that would transform his career as a field naturalist: a chance to travel the world studying whales.
