Arthur Schopenhauer was born in February 1788.
Marshall Kay -LRB- November 10 , 1904 -- September 4 , 1975 -RRB- was a geologist and professor at Columbia University .. Columbia University. Columbia University. geologist. geologist. He is best known for his studies of the Ordovician of New York , Newfoundland , and Nevada , but his studies were global and he published widely on the stratigraphy of the middle and upper Ordovician .. Ordovician. Ordovician. New York. New York ( state ). Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador. Nevada. Nevada. stratigraphy. stratigraphy. Kay 's careful fieldwork provided much geological evidence for the theory of continental drift .. fieldwork. fieldwork. continental drift. continental drift. He was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1971 .. Penrose Medal. Penrose Medal. Less well known is his work for the Manhattan project , as a geologist searching for manganese deposits .. geologist. geologist. Marshall 's son Robert Kay of Cornell University and son-in-law Robert Berner of Yale University are also geology professors .. Cornell University. Cornell University. Robert Berner. Robert Berner. Yale University. Yale University. His son Richard Kay of Duke University is a biological anthropologist and vertebrate paleontologist .. Richard Kay. Richard Kay ( anthropologist ). Duke University. Duke University. Kay received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1929 .