Background
Benton, Ralph was born on August 2, 1884 in Munich, Germany. Son of Frank and Harriet M. (Wheeler) B. (parents both citizens of the United States).
Benton, Ralph was born on August 2, 1884 in Munich, Germany. Son of Frank and Harriet M. (Wheeler) B. (parents both citizens of the United States).
Bachelor of Science, Montana State College, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, University of California, 1907, Master of Science, 1909. Master of Arts, University of Southern California, 1914.
Assistant to the United States examiner of surveys, Montana, 1901. Instructor military science and tactics, Montana State College, 1901-1903. Assistant to entomologist, Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, summers 1902, 03, 04.
Assistant in apiculture, Montana State College, 1904-1905.
Field assistant United States Department of Agriculture, in Europe, 1905. Assistant in entomology, 1905-1908, instructor, 1908-1910, University of California.
Special inspector apiaries, Tulare Company, California, 1910. Head of agriculture nature-study, Los Angeles State Normal School, 1910-1912.
Special lecturer on entomology, University of Southern California, 1911, 12.
Biologist and lecturer on apiculture, California School of Apiculture, summer 1912. Associate professor applied biology, University of Southern California and Venice (California) Marine Biological Station, 1912-1914. District inspector in charge California-Arizona-Nevada district United States Biological Survey, 1914-1918.
Second lieutenant infantry United States of America, and personnel adjt., 1918-1919.
Instructor agricultural education, University of California, since 1919.
Member Associate of Arts Associate of Science, American Entomological Society, Audubon Society, American Ornithologists’ Union, Agassiz Association (western field secretary), Academy Science of Southern California, Cooper.
Married at Los Angeles, California, Imogen Benton, of Rome, Italy (parents both citizens of the United States), August 10, 1907.