Background
Whipple, Ralph Wheaton was born on October 5, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Fenner E. and Anna Elizabeth (Murray) Whipple.
Whipple, Ralph Wheaton was born on October 5, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Fenner E. and Anna Elizabeth (Murray) Whipple.
Graduate Dean Academy, Franklin, Massachusetts, 1910. Bachelor of Science, Amherst College, 1914, Master of Arts, 1917. Student of University Paris (Sorbonne), 1929.
Assistant in geology Amherst College, 1914-1917. Instructor in geology Marietta (O.) College, 1919-1920, assistant professor, 1920-1923, professor, 1923-1925, Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews professor natural science and curator of museum, since 1925.
Served with United States Ambulance Service, French Army, 1917-1919. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy Science, Geological Society American, Sigma Delta Rho.
Married Marjorie Davis, June 19, 1919. Children: Ann, James Wheaton.