Background
Nabours, Robert Kirkland was born on November 5, 1875 in Many, Louisiana, United States. Son of George Maston and Mary Elizabeth (Gibson) Nabours.
Nabours, Robert Kirkland was born on November 5, 1875 in Many, Louisiana, United States. Son of George Maston and Mary Elizabeth (Gibson) Nabours.
Diploma Louisiana State Normal School, 1900. Bachelor of Education, University of Chicago, 1905, Doctor of Philosophy, 1911.
Assistant in museum and teacher natural history, School of Education, University of Chicago, 1906-1909, assistant in zoology, 1909-1910. Instructor zoology, 1910-1912, professor and head of department 1912-1944, Kansas Agricultural College. Zoologist and experimenter in genetics, Experiment Station same since 1944.
Zoologist Kansas State Board Agriculture.
Associate in genetics Carnegie Institution, 1929-1930. Made expedition to Russia and Bokhara., Central Asia, 1914, to study Karakul sheep.
Trip around world for further study of sheep, 1916. Also trip, 1920, to reopen trade in furs with Bokhara.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists. Member American Society Naturalists, Kansas Academy Science (ex-president), Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa.
Married Mayme T. Davis (Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University), June 3, 1916. Children: Elizabeth Frances, Robert Kirkland, Catherine Ann, Richard Davis.