Background
Lear, Floyd Seyward was born on July 7, 1895 in Corfu, New York, United States. Son of William Sewyard and Harriet Laura (Mann) Lear.
Lear, Floyd Seyward was born on July 7, 1895 in Corfu, New York, United States. Son of William Sewyard and Harriet Laura (Mann) Lear.
Bachelor of Arts Rochester, 1917. AM, Harvard University, 1920. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1925.
Head history department, DuPont Manual Training High School, Louisville, 1920-1922; assistant history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1922-1923; Austin teaching fellow history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1923-1924; instructor history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1924-1925; instructor history, Rice U. (formerly Rice Institute), Houston, 1925-1927; assistant professor, Rice U. (formerly Rice Institute), Houston, 1927-1945; professor, Rice U. (formerly Rice Institute), Houston, 1945-1953; Harris Masterson Junior professor of history, Rice U. (formerly Rice Institute), Houston, from 1953; department chairman history, Rice U. (formerly Rice Institute), Houston, 1933-1960.
Sergeant 285th Aero Squadron, United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Geography Society. Member American Association of University Professors, American Academy Political Science, Medieval Academy American (council 1953-1956), American History Association, Texas History Association, Southern Classical Association, American Military Institute, United States Naval Institute, Renaissance Society, American Philosophical Society, Houston Philosophical Society (president 1949-1950), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elsie Laura Mann, December 25, 1920.