Background
Hooker, Davenport was born on May 13, 1887 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Henry Daggett and Mary Theodora (Davenport) Hooker.
Hooker, Davenport was born on May 13, 1887 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Henry Daggett and Mary Theodora (Davenport) Hooker.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale College, 1908. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1909, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912. Scott Hurtt Fellow of Yale at Bonn and Naples, 1911-1912.
Doctorate. Science, University of Pittsburg, 1939.
1 daughter, Elizabeth Bradford (Mistress Benjamin A. Gjenvick). Assistant in biology, Yale. 1908-1909, instructor in anatomy, 1909-1914.
Assistant professor histology, University of Pittsburg, 1914-1915.
Assistant professor anatomy, Yale, 1915-1919. Professor anatomy U. Pittsburgh, 1919-1957, department chairman 1919-1956.
Emeritus from 1957. Harry Burr Ferris lecturer in anatomy, Yale, 1935-1936, lecturer in anatomy, from 1958.
University lecturer University of Michigan, 1943, 58. Associate fellow Trumbull College, Yale, from 1946.
Porter lecturer Kansas University, 1951.
Served as captain, Field Artillery Reserves, 1919-1923. Member American Association Anatomists (member Executive Committee 1922-1925. Club: Graduate (New Haven).
Member editorial board Journal of Comparative Neurology from 1931, managing editor, 1932-1950.
Member of advisory board Journal of Neurophysiology from 1938.
Married Helen Millington Ferris, April.