Sylvanus Griswold Morley

Background

Morley, Sylvanus Griswold was born on June 7, 1883 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Eleanor Constance (de Lannoy) Morley.

Education

Civil Engineer, Pennsylvania Military College, 1904. Bachelor of Arts Harvard, 1907. Research fellow in Central American Archeology, Harvard, 1907-1908, Master of Arts, 1908.

(honorary) Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania Military College 1921.

Career

Virginia; married second, Frances Louella Rhoads, July 14, 1927. Engaged in field work in Central American and Mexico for School of America Archeology, 1909-1914. Research associate Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915-1917.

Associate, same, 1918.

In charge Carnegie Institution arcneol. expeditions to Central America. Director Chichen Itza Project, 1924-1940.

Entered service of Office of Naval Intelligence as ensign, April 6, 1917. Retired as Lieutenant junior grade, March 1919.

Specializes in Maya hieroglyphic writing and general problems in Middle American archeology.

Honorary fellow Royal Anthropological Institute, Great Britain. Order of the Quetzal, Guatemala, 1939.

Achievements

• Sylvanus Griswold Morley has been listed as a noteworthy archeologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society for American Archaeology, American Philosophical Society. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Century Association.

Connections

Married Alice Gallinger Williams, December 30, 1908 (divorced). Married second, Frances Louella Rhoads, July 14, 1927.

Father:

Benjamin Franklin Morley

Mother:

Sarah Eleanor Constance (de Lannoy) Morley

Spouse:

Alice Gallinger Williams

Spouse:

Frances Louella Rhoads