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Raymond Arthur Dart is born

Raymond Arthur Dart is born

Date
4 Jan 1893
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Raymond Arthur Dart is born

Anthropologist, Professor Raymond Arthur Dart, is born in Brisbane, Australia. Raymond Dart discovered the Taung Child skull fossil near Taung in North West, South Africa.In 1922, Dart became the head of the newly established department of anatomy at Wits University, South Africa.  

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  1. 01Phillip T., (2007), 'Dart, Raymond Arthur (1893-1988)', from Australlian Dictionary of Biography, [online], Available at www.adb.anu.edu.au [Accessed: 29 November 2013]
  2. 02talkorigins, Biographies: Raymond Dart, from talkorigins, [online] Available at www.talkorigins.org [Accessed: 29 November 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Raymond Arthur Dart is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011149

South African History Online (2011) 'Raymond Arthur Dart is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011149 (Accessed: 1 October 2026).

South African History Online, Raymond Arthur Dart is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011149, (accessed 1 October 2026).

"Raymond Arthur Dart is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011149. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Raymond Arthur Dart is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011149.

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