William Parks (paleontologist)

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". William Arthur Parks (11 December 1868 – 3 October 1936) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist, following in the tradition of Lawrence Lambe.

Parks was born in Hamilton, Ontario. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1892, Parks joined the University of Toronto's staff, where he taught geology, paleontology, and mineralogy. He went on to earn a PhD in 1900. He wrote 80 scientific papers in his lifetime. Parks died in Toronto, Ontario, in 1936.

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Parksosaurus was named in his honor by Charles M. Sternberg in 1937.

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