Childs Frick was an American vertebrate paleontologist.
11 Facts About Childs Frick
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Childs Frick was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a major benefactor of its Department of Paleontology, which in 1916 began a long partnership with him.
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Childs Frick made many expeditions to the American West, and his efforts helped to shape an understanding of the evolution of North American camels.
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Childs Frick grew up at the family's Pittsburgh estate, Clayton, although the family later moved in 1905 to New York City.
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Childs Frick developed his lifelong love for animals playing in the wooded grounds and steep hills behind Clayton, later dedicated as Frick Park.
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Childs Frick attended Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh and graduated from Princeton University in 1905, where he was a member of Colonial Club.
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In 1913, Childs Frick married Frances Shoemaker Dixon of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Childs Frick was associated with Bermuda, having established a residence in Tucker's Town, Bermuda.
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Childs Frick was the philanthropic benefactor that helped support the expedition that rediscovered the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow in 1951 just off his property in an uninhabited island.
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Childs Frick died of a heart attack at age 82 in Roslyn.
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Childs Frick is interred alongside his wife and parents in the Frick family plot at Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery.