Background
Terry, Robert James was born on January 24, 1871 in Saint Louis. Son of John Henry and Elizabeth Helen (Todd) Terry.
Terry, Robert James was born on January 24, 1871 in Saint Louis. Son of John Henry and Elizabeth Helen (Todd) Terry.
Cornell Univercity, 1890-1892. Doctor of Medicine Missouri Medical College, 1895. Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, Saint Louis.
1901.
Studied in Edinburgh, 1898, Freiburg, 1903. Austin teaching fellow Harvard, 1906-1907.
Robert Todd, Charles Speck. Professor anatomy Washington University 1903-1941. Dean, Officers School Oral and Plastic Surgery, United States Army, 1917-1918.
Collaborator in establishing migratory bird treaty between United States and Great Britain.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman secretary H, 1927), Institute American Genealogical. Member American Association Anatomists, Anatomical Society Great Britain, Saint Louis Medical Society, Saint Louis Academy Sciences (president 1935, 36), American Anthropological Association, American Association Physical Anthropology (president 1939-1941), Society Democrat. Clubs: University, Cornell, Harvard, Town and Gown, Saint Louis Naturalists, Saint Louis Audubon Society (founder).
Married Grace Valle Speck, November 24, 1897. Children: Celeste Speck (Mistress Howard M. Forbes), Doctor.