David Grandison Fairchild (April 7 1869 - August 6 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 20,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, horseradish, bamboos, and flowering cherries. He was a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut. Wikipedia
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Everglades Biographies David Grandison Fairchild David Grandison Fairchild was born in East Lansing, Michigan on April 7, 1869. everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/fairchild.htm
In 1916 Dr. David Fairchild and his wife Marian, daughter of Alexander Graham Bell, purchased the property from Mrs. Nugent, and named it The Kampong - a Malay word for a village, or a cluster of dwellings for an extended family. ntbg.org/gardens/kampong-history.php