Background
Farrington, Oliver Cummings was born on October 9, 1864 in Brewer, Maine, United States. Son of Joseph Rider and Ellen E. (Holyoke) Farrington.
Farrington, Oliver Cummings was born on October 9, 1864 in Brewer, Maine, United States. Son of Joseph Rider and Ellen E. (Holyoke) Farrington.
Bachelor of Science, University of Maine, 1881, Master of Science, 1888. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1891.
Teacher of science in academics, 1882-1887. Laboratory assistant Yale, 1890-1891. Assistant United States National Museum, 1893.
Curator geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, since 1894.
Lecturer on mineralogy, University of Chicago, 1894-1904. Collaborator, mines and metallurgy, Paris Exposition, 1900.
Member International Jury of Awards, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. President American Association of Museums, 1915-1916.
Fellow Geological Society America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Field Museum Expedn. to Brazil, 1922-1923.
Married Clara A. Bradley, August 3, 1896.