Background
Sayles, Robert Wilcox was born on January 29, 1878 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Frederick Clark and Deborah Cook (Wilcox) Sayles.
Sayles, Robert Wilcox was born on January 29, 1878 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Frederick Clark and Deborah Cook (Wilcox) Sayles.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1901.
Work in Montana, 1899. Curator Harvard Geological Museum, 1907-1928. Research associate Division of Geology, Harvard, since 1928.
President Baltic Mills Company, Baltic Court.
Fellow Geological Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Geography Society. Member Seismological Society America, American Meteorological Society, Boston Society Natural History, Geological Society Boston (president 1928-1929), Washington Academy Sciences, Conference Geophysical Union. Trustee of the Boston, Massachusetts, Children’s Museum.
Married Adelaide K. Burton, June 1, 1904. Children: Deborah West., Robert West. Began geological.