Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Oliver Cummings Farrington (9 Oketopa 1864 Brewer, Maine, USA 2 Noema 1933 Chicago, Illinois, USA) he tohunga whenua no Amerika. I whanau ia i Brewer, Maine, a i whakaakona ia i te Whare Wananga o Maine (B.S., 1881; M.S., 1888) me te Whare Wananga o Yale (Ph.D., 1891), i reira ia i whakaako i te 1890-91. I waenga i te 1882 me te 1887 i whakaakona e ia nga putaiao i roto i nga whare wananga maha o Maine, i te 1893 he kaiawhina ia i te United States National Museum, i te 1894 ka noho ia hei kaitiaki matawhenua i te Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, ana mai i te 1894 ki te 1904 he kaiwhakaako mo te kohuke i te Whare Wananga o Chicago. He hoa mahi ia mo nga maina me te kohuke i te Whakaaturanga o Paris i te tau 1900 me te mema o te Jury o nga Tohu o te Ao i St. Louis
i te tau kotahi mano e 1904. Ko ia te perehitini o te American Association of Museums (i tenei wa ko te American Alliance of Museums) i te 1914<unk>16.