RE: paleonet Defn of a Curator

["Andrew Rindsberg" <arindsberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A curator is a keeper. The former term seems to be the usual one for
professionals in charge of museum collections in the US, and the latter is
common in Britain. Language too evolves, given time and separation.

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

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> From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk]On
> Behalf Of meor hakif
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: paleonet Defn of a Curator
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>
> Was the term curator in science given to ridicule
> scientists, when collectors of rocks and bones were
> thought mad and stupid then, or was there a real
> reason :)