Background
Shaftesbury, Archie Davis was born on February 9, 1893 in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. Son of Calvin Pendleton and Martha Ann (Davis) Shaftesbury.
Shaftesbury, Archie Davis was born on February 9, 1893 in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. Son of Calvin Pendleton and Martha Ann (Davis) Shaftesbury.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1920. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1934.
Assistant in biology Johns Hopkins, 1920-1924. Research assistant bee culture laboratory Department of Agriculture, Washington, summers 1921-1923. Professor comparative anatomy Mount Vernon College, Baltimore, 1924.
Assistant professor zoology Woman’s College, U. North Carolina, 1924-1927, associate professor, 1927-1945, director marine laboratory, since 1935, professor, 1945-1959, retired.
Acting head biological department Lenoir Rhyne College, 1959-1962. Visiting professor biological Greensboro (North Carolina) College, 1962-1965.
Lecturer High Point (North Carolina) College, 1928. Instructor Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1944.
Served with 353d Infantry, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Force, United States Army, 1918-1919. Member American Ornithologists Union, American Society Zoologists, American Genetic Association, Wilson Ornithological. Club, Cooper Ornithological.
Club, North Carolina Academy Science (vice president 1947), Association Southesatern Biologists, Carolina Bird.
Club: Kiwanis (Greensboro).
Married Catharine Cox, June 15, 1940.