Background
Shear, William Albert was born on July 5, 1942 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States.
Shear, William Albert was born on July 5, 1942 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor, College Wooster, 1963. Master of Science, University New Mexico, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 1971.
Assistant professor, Concord College, 1970-1974; associate professor, Hampden-Sydney (Virginia) College, 1974-1980; professor Biology, Hampden-Sydney (Virginia) College, since 1981. Research associate American Museum Natural History, since 1978.
Member American Arachnol. Society, Sigma Xi.