Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: philadelphia , pennsylvania - known for: meteorite - death date: november 30 , 1929 - field: geology - birth date: may 25 , 1860 - name: daniel barringer - image: daniel barringer.jpg - birth place: raleigh , north carolina - alma mater: princeton university , university of pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of daniel barringer -lrb- geologist -rrb- .
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'' for other persons named daniel barringer , see daniel barringer -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- . ''daniel moreau barringer -lrb- may 25 , 1860 -- november 30 , 1929 -rrb- was a geologist best known as the first person to prove the existence of an impact crater on the earth , the meteor crater in arizona .the site has been renamed the barringer crater in his honor , although this name is mainly used in the scientific community .daniel barringer , the son of daniel moreau barringer and the nephew of rufus barringer , graduated from princeton university in 1879 at the age of 19 , and in 1882 graduated from the university of pennsylvania 's school of law .he later studied geology and mineralogy at harvard university and at the university of virginia , respectively .in 1892 , barringer , along with his friend richard a. f. penrose , jr. , and others , purchased a gold and silver mine near cochise , arizona .later , barringer also discovered the commonwealth silver mine in pearce , arizona .these mining ventures made him a wealthy man .