Fontaine, William Morris, 1835-1913

Corcoran professor of natural history and geology, University of Virginia.

From the description of Letters to William Morris Fontaine, 1874-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958747

William M. Fontaine, son of James Fontaine and Juliet C. Morris. Born 1835 in Hanover County, Virginia, died 1913 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Professor of geology at the University of Virginia, hired at the University of Virginia in 1878 as the first professor of natural history, with a $50,000 endowment from Washington philanthropist W.W. Corcoran.

From the description of William M. Fontaine papers 1836-1902. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 60358667