Nevin M. Fenneman
Nevin Melancthon Fenneman (26 December 1865 โ 4 July 1945) was an American professor of geology, with a long career at the University of Cincinnati. His contributions were primarily in the large scale geographical understanding of American geology and based on his wide ranging studies, he produced a classification of US physiographic regions using a three-tiered system of 8 major divisions, 25 provinces and 78 sections that remains in use today.[1]
Family and early life
Fenneman's grandfather was a German from
Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). His mother Rebecca Oldfather (originally 'Aultvater'), was of German and Irish descent and came from the Shenandoah Valley
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Fenneman was also trained, following the family tradition, at
Colorado State Normal School (now Western Colorado University) in 1892. Here he married colleague Sarah Alice Glisan and began to take a keen interest in geography and landforms of the United States.[2] A summer training course at Harvard in 1895 reoriented him and he was impressed by the teaching of William Morris Davis.[3]
Career
Fenneman went to study at the University of Chicago in 1898 and received a MA on the Laramie Cretaceous Series working under
American Geological Society in 1935.[8]
References
- S2CID 235586655.
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- ISSN 0004-5608.
- ^ Ryan, K. Bruce (1986). "Nevin Melancthon Fenneman 1865-1945" (PDF). Geographers Biobibliographical Studies. 10: 57โ69.
- ISSN 0004-5608.
- PMID 16586678.
- ISSN 0016-7606.
- ^ "Nevin Melancthon Fenneman (1865โ-1945)". Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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