Background
Lucas, Frederic Augustus was born on March 25, 1852 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Augustus Henry and Eliza (Oliver) Lucas.
Lucas, Frederic Augustus was born on March 25, 1852 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Augustus Henry and Eliza (Oliver) Lucas.
Public school education. Doctor of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1909.
Assistant, Ward’s Natural Science Establishment, Rochester. New York, 1871-1882; osteologist, 1882-1887, assistant curator div. comparative anatomy, 1887-1893, curator, 1893-1904, United States National Museum. Curator-in-chief museums of Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1904-1911.
Director American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1911-1923, honorary director, January since 1924.
Member commission to investigate condition of fur seal herd of Pribilof Islands. Fellow American Ornithologists’ Union. New York Academy Sciences.
Married Annie J. Edgar, February 13, 1884. Children: Jannette May, Ann Edgar.