Background
Scott, William Berryman was born on February 12, 1858 in Cincinnati. Son of Review William M. and Mary E. (Hodge) S., g.g.d. of Benjamin Franklin.
paleontologist university professor
Scott, William Berryman was born on February 12, 1858 in Cincinnati. Son of Review William M. and Mary E. (Hodge) S., g.g.d. of Benjamin Franklin.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1877. Doctor of Philosophy, Heidelberg, 1880. Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1906.
Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1909, University of Oxford, 1912, Princeton, 1930.
He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University. Scott served as president of The Geological Society of America in 1925.
Member National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society (president 1918-1925), Geological Society America (president 1924-1925).
Married Alice A. Post, December 15, 1883.