About Richard Foster Flint
Lived 1902 – 1976 (aged 74). Richard Foster Flint was an American geologist, writer and university teacher.
Richard Foster Flint (March 1, 1902 - June 6, 1976) was an American geologist.
Biography He was born in Chicago on March 1, 1902.
Flint graduated from the University of Chicago in 1922 and earned his Ph.D. in geology also at the University of Chicago in 1925. He then joined Yale as a member of the faculty, becoming a full professor in 1945.
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Who was Richard Foster Flint?
American geologist (1902-1976)
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Richard Foster Flint was born on 1 March 1902 in Chicago.
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Richard Foster Flint died on 6 June 1976 in New Haven.
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Richard Foster Flint was a geologist, writer and university teacher.
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