From The Kansas Historical Society:
George Fryer Sternberg was born August 26, 1883, in Lawrence, Kansas, to Charles Hazelius and Anna Margaret (Reynolds) Sternberg. Brothers Charles H. and George M. Sternberg were recognized paleontologists during the late 19th century. George F. Sternberg would soon follow in his family’s footsteps. At the age of nine, Sternberg accompanied his mother and younger brother to a site along Beaver Creek in Logan County where his father was working. There Sternberg made his first discovery—a nearly complete plesiosaur from the Cretaceous Era. He credits his father with his knowledge of paleontology, making even more impact than his schooling. He married Mabel Clare Smith on December 31, 1907, at Phillipsburg. They had three children.
Sternberg discovered a giant buffalo (six-foot horn cores) near Hoxie, Kansas, and Triceratops from Wyoming in 1908. He spent a number of years excavating in the Red Deer River Valley in Canada. In 1924 and 1925 Sternberg went to Patagonia in South America to do research for the Field Museum. He gained recognition for his discoveries and classification of a new sub-family of mastodons.
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