Harvey H. Nininger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHarvey H. Nininger
American lay scientist
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1887
Place of Birth: Conway Springs, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1986
Profession: geologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Harvey H. Nininger
- Harvey Harlow Nininger (January 17, 1887 – March 1, 1986) was an American meteoriticist and educator, and although he was self-taught, he revived interest in scientific study of meteorites in the 1930s and assembled the largest personal collection of meteorites up to that time. He founded the American Meteorite Museum, which was first located near Meteor Crater, Arizona (1942–1953), then in Sedona, Arizona (1953–1960). Part of the Nininger Collection was sold to the British Museum in 1958, and the remainder of the collection was sold to the Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies in 1960 which displays a selection of these meteorites in their public museum.
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