The American vertebrate paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) published more than 700 original items. A general sense of Simpson’s career is provided by his autobiography (Simpson, 1978). Authoritative secondary sources are Laporte (2000) and Whittington (1986).
Whittington (1986) was accompanied by a microfiche card containing a 36-page list of more than 760 individual citations for Simpson’s bibliography. This list ultimately derived from Simpson’s own records. It is a composite of no fewer than four separate, uncorrected documents curated by Simpson during his lifetime. Cain (2004) identified missing items from that list. Whittington’s bibliography is an essential document for following Simpson’s career.
The splendid digital resources of The Royal Society journals provide open access to Whittington (1986) but omits Simpson’s bibliography as supplemental material. Below is Simpson’s bibliography as it appeared on that microfiche. Appended to this document is Cain (2004).
This material is provided for research purposes only and will be withdrawn should the digital resource at Royal Society be rectified.
Sources
- Cain, Joe 2004. Missing Items from Published Bibliographies of George Gaylord Simpson. Archives of Natural History 31: 353-355.
- Laporte, Leo F. 2000. George Gaylord Simpson: Paleontologist and Evolutionist, New York, Columbia University Press.
- Simpson, George Gaylord 1978. Concession to the Improbable: An Unconventional Autobiography, New Haven; London, Yale University Press.
- Whittington, Harry Blackmore. 1986. George Gaylord Simpson. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 32: 527-539.
Bibliography
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