Stan Wood (fossil hunter)

Stanley Purdie Wood
Stan Wood, Selkirk 2009, courtesy of Maggie Wood
Born
Stanley Wood

(1939-12-23)23 December 1939
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died9 September 2012(2012-09-09) (aged 72)
EducationSelf taught
OccupationPalaeontologist
Years active1969 - 2012
Notable workDiscovery of the earliest Tetrapod
SpouseMargaret
AwardsWorth Prize (1984); BBC Enterprise Award (1986); Marsh Award (2009)

Stan Wood was a self-taught fossil hunter known for his significant palaeontological discoveries at scale and is arguably most celebrated for refocusing attention on early Carboniferous palaeobiology as the means to closing Romer's gap.

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