Kenneth Edward Caster

Kenneth Edward Caster
Born(1908-01-26)26 January 1908
New Albany, Pennsylvania
Died18 May 1992(1992-05-18) (aged 84)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma materCornell University
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cincinnati
Thesis Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Pt. 1: Stratigraphy [6]
Doctoral advisorGilbert Dennison Harris[6]

Kenneth Edward Caster (1908–1992) was an American geologist and invertebrate paleontologist. He gained an international reputation for his research on fossil echinoderms and arthropods and the use of the facies concept in stratigraphy.[7] He made important contributions on fossil echinoderms to the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.[2]

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  3. ^ "Kenneth Caster, academic year 1955–1956". Fulbright Scholar Program.
  4. ^ "Kenneth Caster, May–July 1964". Fulbright Scholar Program.
  5. ^ Stuckey, Ronald L. "Kenneth Edward Caster (1908-1992)" (PDF). Obituaries of the Members of the Ohio Academy of Science: Report of the Necrology Committee, 1993. p. 158.
  6. ^ a b "How I Became a Paleontologist by Kenneth E. Caster". Homepages, University of Cincinnati.
  7. ^ "Kenneth E. & Annie Caster Award". Named Awards, Paleontological Society.