Davidson Black
Canadian author
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Davidson Black, FRS was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis. He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was known as 步達生 in China. Wikipedia
Born: July 25, 1884, Toronto, Canada
Died: March 15, 1934 (age 49 years), Beijing, China
Education: University of Toronto
Known for: Homo erectus pekinensis
Books: A Study of Kansu and Honan Aeneolithic Skulls and Specimens from Later Kansu Prehistoric Sites in Comparison with North China and Other Recent Crania: On measurement and identification, The Human Skeletal Remains from the Sha Kuo T'un Cave Deposit in Comparison with Those from Yang Shao Tsun and with Recent North China Skeletal Material, On a Lower Molar Hominid Tooth from the Chou Kou Tien Deposit, and more
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society and Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1931)
Fields: paleoanthropology