Percy Edward Raymond (30 May 1879 – 17 May 1952) was an American geologist, paleontologist, and professor at Harvard University who specialized in the evolution of trilobites and studied fossils from the Burgess Shale.
Raymond was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, son of George Edward and Harriet Frances née Beers.
He studied at Cornell University and although aiming to become an engineer, became fascinated by lectures of Gilbert Dennison Harris.
[5] He especially looked at variations in the appendages and examined similarities with other groups including the insects, crustaceans and arachnids, exploring the apparent explosion of life forms in the Cambrian period.
He received a Walker Grand Prize of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1928 for his monograph on trilobites.