Background
Rankin, Walter Mead was born on December 1, 1857 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Ellen Hope (Stevens) Rankin.
Rankin, Walter Mead was born on December 1, 1857 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Ellen Hope (Stevens) Rankin.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1879. Master of Science, Princeton, 1884. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Munich, 1889.
Unmarried.
Instructor biology, Princeton University, 1889-1895, assistant professor, 1895-1901, professor, 1901-1923, emeritus since 1923.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Naturalists. Club: Nassau (Princeton).