Background
Williams, Stephen Riggs was born on August 22, 1870 in Kalgan, N. China. Son of Mark and Isabella Burgess (Riggs) Williams.
Williams, Stephen Riggs was born on August 22, 1870 in Kalgan, N. China. Son of Mark and Isabella Burgess (Riggs) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1892, Master of Arts, 1893. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1898, Doctor of Philosophy, 1900.
Teacher high school, Lima, O., 1894-1896. Assistant in zoology, Harvard, 1898-1900. Assistant and instructor, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, summer sessions, 1900-1904.
Professor, biology and geology, 1900-1905, zoology since 1905, Miami University.
Member of staff, Lake Laboratory, Ohio State University, summer sessions, 1913-1934.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists.
Married Mary Covington, of Brooklyn, New York and Oxford, O., September 14, 1904.