Herman LeRoy Fairchild
Herman Le Roy Fairchild
Herman Le Roy Fairchild (April 29, 1850 – November 29, 1943) was an American educator and geologist. He was an early proponent of the theory of meteorite impact causing craters such as that of Meteor Crater, Arizona.
Fairchild was a descendant of Thomas Fairchild who came to Connecticut from England in 1639.
His daughter Caroline LeRoy married Daniel Webster.
Fairchild taught at the University of Rochester for many years and was an alumnus of Cornell University, with a B.S. degree in 1874. He co-founded the Geological Society of America (GSA), served as its Secretary from 1891–1906 and President from 1912-1913.
External links
- Works by or about Herman LeRoy Fairchild at Internet Archive
- University of Rochester - Herman LeRoy Fairchild Papers
- Biography of Herman Le Roy Fairchild
- Jutta Siefert Dudley: Herman Leroy Fairchild: An Early Promoter and Defender of Meteorite Impact Cratering, Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science, Volume 18 Number 2, November 1998
- The Geological Society of America and its Founders – Herman LeRoy Fairchild
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