History of Greenfield, (Hillsborough County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Francis Whittemore Cragin, naturalist, was born in Greenfield, N.H., Sept. 4, 1858; son of Francis Whittemore and Mary Ann (Le Besquet) Cragin; grandson of Paul Cragin of Greenfield, N.H., and a descendant of John Cragin of Woburn, Mass. He was a student at Washburn college, Topeka, at the Brooklyn polytechnic institute and at Harvard, being graduated at the Lawrence scientific school in 1882. He was professor of natural history in Washburn college, 1883-91; and professor of geology and paleontology to Colorado college, 1891-99. He established the Washburn college biological survey of Kansas in 1883-84, and the work so begun resulted in the discovery of many new species of animals and plants and the classification of the flora and fauna of that extensive region. He was elected a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science in 1890, and an original fellow of the Geological society of America, a member of the Kansas academy of science, and of the National geographic society. He published Bulletin of the Washburn College Laboratory of Natural History (1884), and was for a number of years one of the members of the editorial staff of the American Geologist. On leave of absence from Colorado College in 1892-93, he was paleontological geologist to the geological survey of Texas. He published many contributions to North American geology and paleontology.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Greenfield, (Hillsborough County) New Hampshire

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