Daniel Barringer (geologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American geologist
Date of Birth: 25-May-1860
Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 30-Nov-1929
Profession: geologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Daniel Barringer (geologist)
- For other people named Daniel Barringer, see Daniel Barringer (disambiguation).Daniel Barringer (May 25, 1860 – November 30, 1929) was a geologist best known as the first person to prove the existence of an impact crater on the Earth, Meteor Crater in Arizona.
- The site, owned privately by Barringer and now by his family, has been renamed the Barringer Crater in his honor, although this name is mainly used in the scientific community. Daniel Barringer, was the son of Daniel Moreau Barringer, a nephew of Confederate General Rufus Barringer and a cousin of Paul Brandon Barringer.
- He graduated from Princeton University in 1879 at the age of 19, and in 1882 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Law.
- He later studied geology and mineralogy at Harvard University and at the University of Virginia, respectively. In 1892, Barringer, along with his friend Richard A.
- F.
- Penrose, Jr., and others, purchased a gold and silver mine near Cochise, Arizona.
- Later, Barringer also discovered the Commonwealth Silver Mine in Pearce, Arizona.
- These mining ventures made him a wealthy man.
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