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# Storrs L. Olson

(1944–2021)   Paleontologist

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Storrs L. Olson was a paleontologist.

## Quick Facts About Storrs L. Olson

Born April 3, 1944

Died January 20, 2021

Profession Paleontologist

## About Storrs L. Olson

American biologist and ornithologist (1944–2021)... \| Storrs Lovejoy Olson was an American biologist and ornithologist who spent his career at the Smithsonian Institution, retiring in 2008. One of the world's foremost avian paleontologists, he was best known for his studies of fossil and subfossil birds on islands such as Ascension, St. Helena and Hawa

##  Quotes by Storrs L. Olson

> [“The description of a new species of crayfish may detail every bristle on every segment of its many appendages and never be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storrs-l-olson/the-description-of-a-new-species-of-crayfish-may-detail-every-bristle/)

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