The Spy Who Found T. Rex

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Barnum Brown, known as 'Father of the Dinosaurs,' discovered Tyrannosaurus rex in 1902.
Born in 1873 in Kansas, Brown started fossil hunting as a child and later worked at the American Museum of Natural History.
Brown's discovery of T. rex remains in Montana marked a major breakthrough in paleontology.
He unearthed a nearly complete T. rex specimen in 1908 in Montana.
Brown became famous for his luxurious field attire and global fossil expeditions in the 1920s.
In 1934, Brown discovered a massive dinosaur bone deposit in Wyoming, containing around 4,000 fossils.
Aside from paleontology, Brown worked for oil companies, the Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA), and even consulted for Disney's Fantasia.
Brown continued fossil hunting into his 80s, finding a plesiosaur skeleton in 1956.
He died in 1963 at age 89, leaving a lasting legacy in paleontology.

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