Researching Darren Tanke
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Tanke surname? In that year Tanke was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Darren means "Great" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Darren Tanke on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Darren Tanke and the Tanke Family History
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Some Famous People called Darren Tanke
Darren Tanke
Darren H. Tanke (born 1960) is a Canadian fossil preparation technician of the Dinosaur Research Program at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta. Born in Calgary, Tanke became interested in natural history at an early age. In 1979, Tanke began working for Philip J. Currie in the paleontology department of the Provincial Museum of Alberta, originally as a volunteer. From 1979 until 2005 (when Dr. Currie left the Tyrrell to become a professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton) Tanke worked as a lab and field technician, a job he still holds today.
At the museum he is a senior technician in the preparation lab. He does not hold any formal post-secondary degrees, but is active in research and numerous writing projects. Senior editor of the 2001 book Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie, In 2019 he published his first book on Albertan amateur fossil collector, botanist, artist and historian Hope Johnson in the book: "Now There Was a Lady" - Hope Johnson LL.D. 1916-2010", published through the Alberta Palaeontological Society. Tanke appeared in the 1998 documentary film Dinosaur Park, and the 1993 educational film Messages in Stone. He recently appeared in one episode of Dino Hunt Canada (2015) and an episode of ABC Television's "Born to Explore" (2015).
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