Charles Schuchert (July 3, 1858 – November 20, 1942) was an American invertebrate paleontologist who was a leader in the development of paleogeography, the study of the distribution of lands and seas in the geological past.
He received a common school education up to the age of thirteen, and then he spent a number of years working in his father's furniture business.
Schuchert possessed an aptitude for scientific investigation, and in 1878 he began to attend meetings of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History.
[1] After serving as curator of the U.S. National Museum from 1894 to 1904,[1] Schuchert joined the Yale faculty, succeeding Beecher, the first invertebrate paleontologist there.
[6] In 1934, Schuchert was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.