Frederic Brewster Loomis
American geologist (1873-1937) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 63
Frederic Brewster Loomis was an American paleontologist. Educated at Amherst College and LMU Munich, he spent his entire professional career at Amherst. His specialty was vertebrate paleontology.
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Many fossils he uncovered during his extensive field work are still exhibited at Amherst's Beneski Museum of Natural History. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and president of the Paleontological Society.
