death_place death_date children birth_place awards nationality birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
dallas , texas 14 december 1956 4 greensburg , kansas john fritz medal -lrb- 1942 -rrb- american 09 october 1886 nell virginia goodrich everette lee degolyer
 everette lee degolyer petroleum geologist , geophysicist
everette lee degolyer

everette lee degolyer -lrb- october 9 , 1886 -- december 14 , 1956 -rrb- , was a prominent oilman , geophysicist and philanthropist in dallas .
he was known as `` the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry '' , as `` the father of american geophysics , '' and was a legendary collector of rare books .
