Joseph Burr Tyrrell
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Joseph Burr Tyrrell 🇨🇦

J. B. Tyrrell (Known as "Joseph Burr Tyrrell")
Geologist, Paleontologist, Mining Consultant, Royal Tyrrell Museum Namesake
Born 1 November 1858 🇨🇦 Weston, Canada
Passed Away 26 August 1957 Toronto, Canada
Lifespan 98 years old
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"When my pick hit that petrified bone in the Red Deer badlands, I looked straight into the eye of an ancient predator that ruled Alberta millions of years ago."

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Legendary Canadian explorer and geologist who discovered Alberta's dinosaur fossils (Albertosaurus) in 1884 and the vast coal seams of Drumheller.

Biographical Record

Joseph Burr Tyrrell was a fearless surveyor for the Geological Survey of Canada. On June 9, 1884, while exploring badland outcrops along the Red Deer River in Alberta, Tyrrell stumbled upon the 70-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur skull later named Albertosaurus sarcophagus, launching the golden age of Canadian dinosaur paleontology.

Tyrrell also discovered the colossal Drumheller coal deposits and led epic expeditions in 1893 and 1894 through the uncharted Barren Lands from Lake Athabasca to Chesterfield Inlet, traveling thousands of miles by canoe. Drumheller's world-renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is named in his enduring honour.

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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Toronto, Canada
GPS: 43.6961, -79.3900
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