Herman LeRoy Fairchild
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Herman Le Roy Fairchild (1850-1943) 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.
Fairchild taught at the University of Rochester for many years and was an alumnus of Cornell University.
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