Background
Beede, Joshua William was born on September 14, 1871 in Raymond, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Hiram Pratt and Lydia Maria (Brown) Beede.
Beede, Joshua William was born on September 14, 1871 in Raymond, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Hiram Pratt and Lydia Maria (Brown) Beede.
Bachelor of Science, Washburn College, Kansas, 1896, Master of Arts, 1897. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Kansas, 1899.
Student assistant in paleontology, University of Kansas, 1897-1899. Teacher of science, Atchison Company High School, Effingham, Kansas, 1899-1901. Instructor geology, 1901-1906, assistant professor, 1906-1909, associate professor, 1909-1917, Indiana U. geologist, bureau economics geology and technology, University of Texas, 1917-1922.
With Empire Gas and Fuel Company, 1922.
With Dixie Oil Corporation, 1924-1928. Professor geology and paleontology, Indiana University, since 1928.
Member Kansas Geological Survey, 1896, 1898-1899, 1903-1910. Oklahoma Geological Survey, 1911-1917.
Married Clara Frances McKee, December 25, 1899. Children: Genevieve (Mistress G. G. Henderson), Lydia May (Mistress T. O. Todd), Lucile Prosser, Clara Frances.