R. J. G. Savage

R. J. G. Savage
Born
Robert Joseph Gay Savage

(1927-07-02)2 July 1927
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died9 May 1998(1998-05-09) (aged 70)
Bristol, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
University College London
Spouse
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(m. 1969; died 1976)​
Scientific career
FieldsPalaeontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
Doctoral advisorD. M. S. Watson

Robert Joseph Gay Savage (2 July 1927 – 9 May 1998) was a British palaeontologist known as Britain's leading expert on fossil mammals.[1][2] He worked at the University of Bristol for nearly 40 years and studied fossils around the world, especially in North and East Africa. He produced the 1986 popular science book Mammal Evolution: An Illustrated Guide and co-edited several technical books in the Fossil Vertebrates of Africa series with fellow palaeontologist Louis Leakey[citation needed].

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