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Childs Frick (March 12, 1883 - May 8, 1965) was an American vertebrate paleontologist. He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a major benefactor of its Department of Paleontology, which in 1916 began a long partnership with him. He established its Frick Laboratory.
2 de feb. de 2024 · Among the many fascinating people who were responsible for making the American Museum of Natural History what it is now is an enigmatic man – Childs Frick (March 12, 1883 - May 8, 1965). Frick shunned attention and publicity and as a result there is not much written about him despite his importance to AMNH and to the field of ...
Childs Frick with Mountain Nyala, c. 1911–12 Courtesy of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives, New York Frick maintained close ties to Carnegie Museum and was named Honorary Curator of Mammals in 1920, in recognition of his interest in the work of the museum and his contributions to the collections.
In 1916, the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology began a long association with Childs Frick, the son of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick and a longtime American Museum trustee. Using his personal resources to employ a small army of collectors, Frick accumulated a collection of over 200,000 fossil mammals, which formed the basis of a series of ...
Childs Frick (March 12, 1883 - May 8, 1965) was an American vertebrate paleontologist. He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a major benefactor of its Department of Paleontology, which in 1916 began a long partnership with him. He established its Frick Laboratory.
Childs Frick (1883–1965), son of Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), led two expeditions to Africa. The first, in 1909–10, was to British East Africa where he collected 126 mammals for Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Building 3A, also known as the Childs Frick Building, was completed in 1973. It has 11 floors, including the basement. It was constructed in an interior courtyard and despite the fact that it is one of the tallest buildings at the Museum, it is invisible from the surrounding streets.
