Background
Colton, Harold Sellers was born on August 29, 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sabin Woolworth, Junior, and Jessie (Sellers) C.
Colton, Harold Sellers was born on August 29, 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sabin Woolworth, Junior, and Jessie (Sellers) C.
Preparatory education DeLancey School, Philadelphia. Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania. 1904, Master of Arts, 1906, Doctor of Philosophy, 1908.
Doctor of Laws, University Arizona, 1955.
Doctor of Science, Arizona State College, 1957.
Assistant in zoölogy, 1909, instructor, 1912, assistant professor, 1918, professor zoölogy, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1954, professor emeritus, after 1954. Research in Arizona since 1926. Director San Francisco Mountain Zoöl.
Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1929-1954.
Director Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1928-1958.
Member Archeological communications of Arizona, 1929-1931. Captain Military Intelligence Division, 1918-1919. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (president southwest division 1935-1936), American Geography Society.
Member American Society Zoölogists, American Society Naturalists, American Anthropological Association, American Genetic Association, Ecological Society American, Philadelphia Academy Natural Science, Northern Arizona Society Science and Art (president after 1928), American Microscopic Society, Society for American Archaeology, Sigma Xi.
Club: University of Pennsylvania Faculty.
Married Mary Russell Ferrell, May 23, 1912. Children: Joseph Ferrell, Sabin Woolworth (deceased).