George Perkins Merrill

George P. Merrill
Born	(1854-05-31)May 31, 1854 Auburn, Maine
Died	August 15, 1929(1929-08-15) (aged 75) Auburn, Maine
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Maine
Spouses	Sarah Farrington ​ ​ (m. 1883; died 1894)​ Katherine Lulalia Yancey ​ ​ (m. 1900)​
Scientific career
Fields	Geology
Institutions	Columbian University, National Museum of Natural History
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George Perkins Merrill (May 31, 1854 – August 15, 1929) was an American geologist, notable as the head curator from 1917 to 1929 of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution).^[1]