William M. Mann

Background

Mann, William M. was born on July 1, 1886 in Helena, Montana, United States. Son of William Madison and Anna (Williams) Mann.

Education

Graduate Staunton (Virginia) Military Academy, 1905. Student State College of Washington, 1907-1909. Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1911.

Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1915. Sheldon traveling fellowship, same university, 1915-1916.

Career

Entomologist, United States Bureau Entomology, 1916-1925. Assistant director Mulford Biological Exploration, Amazon Basin, 1921-1922. Director Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition, Africa, 1926.

Director National Zoöl. Park Expedition to British Guiana, 1931, to Argentina, 1938, to Liberia, 1940. Director National Geography Society Expedition to East Indies, 1937.

Director National Zoöl. Park, Washington, District of Columbia, 1925-1956. Honorary research associate, Smithsonian Institution, since 1956.

Received Franklin Burr award of National Geographic Society, 1938.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Wild Animals In and Out of the Zoo. Ant Hill Odyssey. Has made zoöl. explorations in West Indies, tropical America, Asia, Africa, Australia, South Pacific Islands, Netherlands Indies.

Membership

Fellow American Institute Park Executives, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Entomological Society America, International Union of Zoo Directors, Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Mammalogists, Washington Biological Society, Entomological Society Washington, American Society Naturalists, Cambridge Entomological. Club; Mason (32°, Shriner).

Clubs: Cosmos, Harvard (Washington).

• Member of American Orn. U.; Society American Naturalists. Washington Ent. Society. Biological Society; Mammalian Society. Mason; Shrine; Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos, Harvard, Explorers.

Connections

Married Lucile Quarry, October 30, 1926.

Father:

William Madison Mann

Mother:

Anna (Williams) Mann

Spouse:

Lucile Quarry