Eugène Dubois

Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois
Born(1858-01-28)January 28, 1858
Eijsden, Netherlands
DiedDecember 16, 1940(1940-12-16) (aged 82)
Haelen, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Scientific career
FieldsPaleoanthropology, Geology

Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois (French: [øʒɛn dybwɑ]; 28 January 1858 – 16 December 1940) was a Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man". Dubois was the first anthropologist to embark upon a purposeful search for hominid fossils.

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