Frederic Brewster Loomis
| Frederic Brewster Loomis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 22, 1873 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | July 28, 1937 (aged 63) Sitka, Alaska, United States |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Institutions | Amherst College |
| Alma mater | Amherst College Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Academic advisors | Karl Alfred von Zittel |
Frederic Brewster Loomis (November 22, 1873 – July 28, 1937) was an American paleontologist. Educated at Amherst College and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, he spent his entire professional career at Amherst. His specialty was vertebrate paleontology. 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.
Loomis was born November 22, 1873, in Brooklyn, New York, to Julie R. Loomis (née Brewster) and Nathaniel H. Loomis, a businessman who ran produce warehouses in New York City. In March 1877 his father died of rabies contracted from a dog bite. The family later moved to Rochester, New York, where he attended Rochester Free Academy and then Canandaigua Academy, which was then a private school for boys. Loomis's interest in paleontology dates from this period, when we spent his spare time collecting invertebrate fossils.
In 1892 Loomis entered Amherst College, where he joined Phi Delta Theta. After graduating in 1896 he remained at Amherst for a year as a research assistant in biology. In the fall of 1897 he entered the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich to study under Karl Alfred von Zittel. He earned his Ph.D. from LMU in 1899.
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