Background
Speck, Frank Gouldsmith was born on November 8, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Frank G. and Hattie L. (Staniford) Speck.
Speck, Frank Gouldsmith was born on November 8, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Frank G. and Hattie L. (Staniford) Speck.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1904, Master of Arts, 1905. Fellow University of Pennsylvania, 1908.
Assistant curator ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911. Instructor anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911, assistant professor, 1911-1925, professor since 1925. Lecturer in anthropology, Swarthmore College, 1923-1927.
Assistant editor American Anthropologist, 1920-1937, American Journal Archæology, 1920-1923.
Anthropologist with National, Research Council (Executive Committee 1925). Honorary Curator American Ethnology, Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 1946.
Member American Anthropology Association (Vice-President, 1905), American Ethnological Society, American Folklore Society (president 1920-1922), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Anthropology Society of Philadelphia (president 1920-1922), Oriental.
Married Florence Insley, September 15, 1910.