~~~~~Dr. David Grandison Fairchild ~ "The World Was My Garden" ~ 1869-1954~~~~~
David Grandison Fairchild was born in East Lansing, Michigan on April 7, 1869. In 1888 Fairchild graduated from Kansas State University of Agriculture, Manhattan. He also conducted graduate work at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and at Rutgers College, New Jersey.
In 1903, Fairchild became acquainted with Alexander Graham Bell and his family in Washington DC. Two years later, he married Bell's daughter, Marian Hubbard ("Daisy") Bell, and the couple settled in Chevy Chase, outside of Washington DC. Their son Alexander ("Sandy") was born in the summer of 1906; daughter Barbara was born in spring 1909; daughter Nancy in the fall of 1912. In 1917, the Fairchilds began wintering in Coconut Grove. They purchased property at 4013 Douglas Road, naming it "The Kampong" (which means 'a cluster of houses' in Malay). Fairchild continued to travel all over the world collecting plant specimens and brought them back to his Coconut Grove home. In 1928, he and Marian built a two-story residence there, amid some of his collections. When Fairchild retired several years later, the Kampong became the family's permanent residence.
Dr. David Fairchild died on Aug. 6, 1954, in Coconut Grove, Florida. He is credited with overseeing the introduction of more than 80,000 species and varieties of plants into the United States, among them the flowering cherry, Chinese soy bean, pistachios, nectarines, bamboo, avocados, East Indian mangoes and horseradish. Fairchild also wrote several books, including Exploring for Plants, (1930) and the autobiographical The World Was My Garden (1938).
David Grandison Fairchild was born in East Lansing, Michigan on April 7, 1869. In 1888 Fairchild graduated from Kansas State University of Agriculture, Manhattan. He also conducted graduate work at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and at Rutgers College, New Jersey.
In 1903, Fairchild became acquainted with Alexander Graham Bell and his family in Washington DC. Two years later, he married Bell's daughter, Marian Hubbard ("Daisy") Bell, and the couple settled in Chevy Chase, outside of Washington DC. Their son Alexander ("Sandy") was born in the summer of 1906; daughter Barbara was born in spring 1909; daughter Nancy in the fall of 1912. In 1917, the Fairchilds began wintering in Coconut Grove. They purchased property at 4013 Douglas Road, naming it "The Kampong" (which means 'a cluster of houses' in Malay). Fairchild continued to travel all over the world collecting plant specimens and brought them back to his Coconut Grove home. In 1928, he and Marian built a two-story residence there, amid some of his collections. When Fairchild retired several years later, the Kampong became the family's permanent residence.
Dr. David Fairchild died on Aug. 6, 1954, in Coconut Grove, Florida. He is credited with overseeing the introduction of more than 80,000 species and varieties of plants into the United States, among them the flowering cherry, Chinese soy bean, pistachios, nectarines, bamboo, avocados, East Indian mangoes and horseradish. Fairchild also wrote several books, including Exploring for Plants, (1930) and the autobiographical The World Was My Garden (1938).
~~~~~Dr. David Grandison Fairchild ~ "The World Was My Garden" ~ 1869-1954~~~~~
David Grandison Fairchild was born in East Lansing, Michigan on April 7, 1869. In 1888 Fairchild graduated from Kansas State University of Agriculture, Manhattan. He also conducted graduate work at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and at Rutgers College, New Jersey.
In 1903, Fairchild became acquainted with Alexander Graham Bell and his family in Washington DC. Two years later, he married Bell's daughter, Marian Hubbard ("Daisy") Bell, and the couple settled in Chevy Chase, outside of Washington DC. Their son Alexander ("Sandy") was born in the summer of 1906; daughter Barbara was born in spring 1909; daughter Nancy in the fall of 1912. In 1917, the Fairchilds began wintering in Coconut Grove. They purchased property at 4013 Douglas Road, naming it "The Kampong" (which means 'a cluster of houses' in Malay). Fairchild continued to travel all over the world collecting plant specimens and brought them back to his Coconut Grove home. In 1928, he and Marian built a two-story residence there, amid some of his collections. When Fairchild retired several years later, the Kampong became the family's permanent residence.
Dr. David Fairchild died on Aug. 6, 1954, in Coconut Grove, Florida. He is credited with overseeing the introduction of more than 80,000 species and varieties of plants into the United States, among them the flowering cherry, Chinese soy bean, pistachios, nectarines, bamboo, avocados, East Indian mangoes and horseradish. Fairchild also wrote several books, including Exploring for Plants, (1930) and the autobiographical The World Was My Garden (1938).
David Grandison Fairchild was born in East Lansing, Michigan on April 7, 1869. In 1888 Fairchild graduated from Kansas State University of Agriculture, Manhattan. He also conducted graduate work at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and at Rutgers College, New Jersey.
In 1903, Fairchild became acquainted with Alexander Graham Bell and his family in Washington DC. Two years later, he married Bell's daughter, Marian Hubbard ("Daisy") Bell, and the couple settled in Chevy Chase, outside of Washington DC. Their son Alexander ("Sandy") was born in the summer of 1906; daughter Barbara was born in spring 1909; daughter Nancy in the fall of 1912. In 1917, the Fairchilds began wintering in Coconut Grove. They purchased property at 4013 Douglas Road, naming it "The Kampong" (which means 'a cluster of houses' in Malay). Fairchild continued to travel all over the world collecting plant specimens and brought them back to his Coconut Grove home. In 1928, he and Marian built a two-story residence there, amid some of his collections. When Fairchild retired several years later, the Kampong became the family's permanent residence.
Dr. David Fairchild died on Aug. 6, 1954, in Coconut Grove, Florida. He is credited with overseeing the introduction of more than 80,000 species and varieties of plants into the United States, among them the flowering cherry, Chinese soy bean, pistachios, nectarines, bamboo, avocados, East Indian mangoes and horseradish. Fairchild also wrote several books, including Exploring for Plants, (1930) and the autobiographical The World Was My Garden (1938).
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