Background
Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton was born on December 17, 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Alexander Fullerton and Sarah Hannah (Boies) Penrose.
Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton was born on December 17, 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Alexander Fullerton and Sarah Hannah (Boies) Penrose.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1884, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, 1886. Unmarried. Geologist in charge survey of Eastern Texas, for Texas Geological Survey, 1888. Appointed, 1889, by Geological Survey of Arkansas to make detailed reports on the manganese and iron ore regions of Arkansas.
Associate professor economic geology, 1892-1895, professor, 1895-1911, University of Chicago.
Lecturer on economic geology at Stanford, 1893. Special geologist United States Geological Survey, 1894, to examine and report on gold districts of Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Member of board of managers Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railway Company. Member Society Economic Geologists (president 1920-1921). Member National Research Council (geology committee, 1917-1918, division of geology and geography, 1919-1923).
Member Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia).