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Penrose (RICHARD ALEXANDER FULLERTON JR)

RICHARD ALEXANDER FULLERTON, JR., an American geologist, born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1863. Graduated from Harvard in 1884, took a post-graduate course in the same university. He was in charge of the survey of eastern Texas in 1888 and afterward made detailed surveys in Arkansas and other states. From 1892 to 1895 he was associate professor of economic geology at the University of Chicago and was full professor from 1895 to 1911. He acted as special geologist of the United States Geological Survey and reported on several important western gold fields.

He was associate editor of the "Journal of Geology" and a member of many American and foreign geological societies. He wrote many works on geological subjects, including "Geology of the Gulf Tertiary of Texas" (1889) "Man- Tertiary of Texas" (1889); "Manganese; Its Uses, Ores, Deposits" (1890); and "Iron Deposits of Arkansas" (1892).