Background
Whitbeck, Ray Hughes was born on April 2, 1871 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Mortimer Henry and Avelyn (Hughes) Whitbeck.
Whitbeck, Ray Hughes was born on April 2, 1871 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Mortimer Henry and Avelyn (Hughes) Whitbeck.
Graduate Geneseo (New York) Normal School, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1901.
Principal Pike (New York) Seminary, 1892-1896, Schuylerville (New York) High School, 1896-1898. Assistant in physical geography, Cornell Univercity, 1900-1901. Supervisor Model School, Trenton, New Jersey, 1901-1909.
Assistant professor geography and physiography, 1909-1911, associate professor, 1911-1915, professor, since 1915, University of Wisconsin.
Lecturer in geography, University of Tennessee, summer, 1902, University of Chicago, 1916, Ohio State University, 1932. Instructor and professor geography, Cornell Univercity, 6 summer sessions, University of Wisconsin, 14 summer sessions.
Lecturer Adelphi College, Brooklyn, 1906-1909. Editor The Journal of Geography, 1910-1919.
Member Academy Science, Arts and Letters. Wrote: A Geography of New York, 1901.
Married Nellie Smith, August, 1895.