Herman LeRoy Fairchild
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Meteor Crater
Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater located approximately east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. Because the US Department of the Interior Division of Names commonly recognizes names of natural features derived from the nearest post office, the...
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Arizona
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Fairchild was a descendant of Thomas Fairchild who came to Connecticut from England in 1639.
Fairchild taught at the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
for many years and was an alumnus of Cornell University
Cornell University
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