Robert T. Bakker

Robert T. Bakker delights the kid in me like few scientists can. A Harvard-trained paleontologist who also writes novels and paints, he refused to stay in a single lane. His real legacy is intellectual courage: he helped overturn the tired notion of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded reptiles, arguing instead that many were warm-blooded and dynamic. Scientists willing to pick a fight with received wisdom are, to me, the genuine article. Anyone who grew up imagining dinosaurs as fast, vivid, living animals owes a debt to him. I love that he treats knowledge as romance, and that enthusiasm is, frankly, contagious.

Name (English)

Robert T. Bakker

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・T・バッカー

Reading

ろばーと・T・ばっかー

Born

March 24, 1945 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Origin

Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

paleontologist / novelist / university teacher / painter

High school

Ridgewood High School

University

Harvard University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BBT%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC

Tags

• New Jersey
• paleontologist
• novelist
• university teacher

Last updated

2026-06-02

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