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Joseph Tyrrell

Joseph Burr Tyrrell, FRSC was a Canadian geologist, cartographer, mining consultant and historian. He discovered dinosaur (Albertosaurus sarcophagus) bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884. Canada's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta was named in his honour.

Honours and awards
Places named for TyrrellTyrrell Sea (prehistoric Hudson Bay) • Tyrrell Arm, the east section of Yathkyed Lake, Nunavut • Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park, Toronto, Ontario • Tyrrell Lake, a small alkali lake near Warner, Alberta. Institutions named for TyrrellRoyal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta • J. B. Tyrrell Senior Public School in Scarborough, OntarioJoseph Burr Tyrrell Elementary School in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories Awards • 1896 Back Award, Royal Geographical Society • 1918 Murchison Medal, Geological Society of London • 1929 Honorary President, Royal Canadian Geographical Society • 1930 Daly Medal from the American Geographical Society • 1933 Flavelle Medal, Royal Society of Canada • 1947 Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London • 1954 Professional Engineer's Medal from the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario • 1997 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Other honoursJ.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal, Royal Society of Canada. ==Tribute==
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On 1 November 2018, Google Doodle commemorated his 160th birthday. ==References==
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