Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Oliver Cummings Farrington (9 Ọktoba 1864 Brewer, Maine, USA 2 Nọvemba 1933 Chicago, Illinois, USA) bụ onye ọkà mmụta ihe omimi nke America. A mụrụ ya na Brewer, Maine, ma gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Maine (B.S., 1881; M.S., 1888) na Mahadum Yale (Ph.D., 1891), ebe ọ bụ onye nkuzi na 1890-91. N'agbata afọ 1882 na 1887 ọ kụziri sayensị n'ụlọ akwụkwọ dị iche iche na Maine, na 1893 ọ bụ onye enyemaka na United States National Museum, na 1894 ọ ghọrọ onye nlekọta geology na Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, na site na 1894 ruo 1904 ọ bụ onye nkuzi na mineralogy na Mahadum Chicago. Ọ bụ onye na-arụkọ ọrụ na mines na mineralogy na Paris Exposition na 1900 na onye otu nke International Jury of Awards na St. Louis
n'afọ 1904. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke American Association of Museums (ugbu a bụ American Alliance of Museums) na 1914-1916.