Background
Sherman, Franklin was born on November 2, 1877 in Ash Grove, Virginia, United States. Son of Franklin and Caroline (Alvord) Sherman.
Sherman, Franklin was born on November 2, 1877 in Ash Grove, Virginia, United States. Son of Franklin and Caroline (Alvord) Sherman.
Educated Maryland College of Agriculture (now University of Maryland), 1893-1897, and Cornell Univercity, 1899-1900 (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, 1900). Honorary Master of Science, Maryland. Agricultural College, 1912.
Entomologist North Carolina State Department Agriculture, 1900-1905, 1906-1925. Professor zoölogy and entomology, Ontario (Canada) Agricultural College, 1905-1906. Head department zoölogy and entomology, Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina., entomologist South Carolina.
Experiment Station and state entomologist since 1925.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Economics Entomologists (ex-president), North Carolina Academy Science (ex-president), South Carolina. Academy Science (ex-president), Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Mason.
Club: Tri-state Country (Walhalla, South Carolina.).
Married Grace Berry, May 12, 1903. Children: Franklin, Josephine (deceased), Dallas Berry, Joseph Edgar, Grace Caroline.