J. B. (John Bell) Hatcher

John Bell Hatcher was an American paleontologist who discovered the Torosaurus and Triceratops dinosaurs. He grew up in Iowa and became interested in paleontology while working as a coal miner. He studied geology, mineralogy, zoology, and botany at Yale and graduated in 1884. He was hired by paleontologist Othniel Marsh and developed a system to record excavation locations, which became the basis of Taphonomy. He left Yale due to publishing restrictions and worked for the Peabody Museum of Natural History …