Background
Fewkes, Jesse Walter was born on November 14, 1850 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jesse and Susan E. (Jewett) Fewkes.
Fewkes, Jesse Walter was born on November 14, 1850 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jesse and Susan E. (Jewett) Fewkes.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1875, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, 1877. Student of Louis and Alexander Agassiz, student of zoölogy, University of Leipzig, Germany, 1878-1880. Doctor of Laws, University of Arizona, 1915.
Assistant in Museum Comparative Zoölogy, Harvard, 1881-1889. Editor Journal of Ethnology and Archæology, 1890-1894. Field director Hemenway Southwestern Archæoi.
Expedition field work in Arizona, 1891-1894.
Ethnologist Bureau American Ethnology, 1895-1918. Chief Bureau American Ethnology, 1918-1928.
Member for 30 years of Committee of the Overseers to visit Peabody Museum of Harvard College In charge excavation and repair Casa Grande, Arizona, Spruce Tree House, Cliff Palace, Sun Temple, Fire Temple, Far View House, Pipe Shrine House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, Wupatki, Elden, Pueblo, Arizona, Weden Island near Tampa, Florida, 1908-1926. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1911-1912), American Anthropological Society (president 1911, 12), Anthropological Society Washington (president 1909, 10), American Folk-Lore Society (vice president), Washington Academy Sciences. Knight Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain, 1892.
Married Harriett O. Cutler, April.