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title: "2 Preston Cloud Quotes - Famous Paleontologist"
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# Preston Cloud

(1912–1991)   Paleontologist

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Preston Cloud was a paleontologist.

## Quick Facts About Preston Cloud

Born September 26, 1912

Died January 16, 1991

Profession Paleontologist

## About Preston Cloud

American earth scientist, biogeologist, cosmologist, and paleontologist (1912–1991)... \| Preston Ercelle Cloud, Jr. (September 26, 1912 – January 16, 1991) was an American earth scientist, biogeologist, cosmologist, and paleontologist. He served in the United States Navy (in which he was a bantamweight boxing champion), and led several field explorations of the U.S. Geological Survey. I

##  Quotes by Preston Cloud

> [The gossamer web of life, spun on the loom of sunlight from the breath of an infant Earth, is nature's crowning achievement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-cloud/the-gossamer-web-of-life-spun-on-the-loom-of-sunlight-from-the-breath/)

Preston Cloud

[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/preston-cloud-94260_achievement_the-gossamer-web-of-life-spun-on-the-loo_1463364.png)

> [One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-cloud/one-amino-acid-does-not-a-protein-make-let-alone-a-being/)

Preston Cloud

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/preston-cloud-94260_acid_one-amino-acid-does-not-a-protein-make-l_2921944.png)

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