Background
Goddard, Pliny Earle was born on August 24, 1869 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Charles W. and Elmira A. (Nichols) Goddard.
Goddard, Pliny Earle was born on August 24, 1869 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Charles W. and Elmira A. (Nichols) Goddard.
Bachelor of Arts, Earlham College, Indiana, 1892, Master of Arts, 1896. Doctor of Philisophy, University of California, 1904.
Instructor anthropology, University of California, 1901-1906, assistant professor, 1906-1909. Assistant curator of anthropology, American Museum Natural History, New York, 1909-1910, associate curator, 1910-1914, curator of ethnology, since 1914. Lecturer anthropology, Columbia University, since 1915.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Alice C. Rockwell, December 28, 1893. Children: Mistress Myra H. Marini, Frances Emma, Charles Lawrence (deceased), Pliny Earle, David Rockwell, Mildred Alice.