Background
Farabee, William Curtis was born on February 7, 1865 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel N. and Susannah (Henkins) Farabee.
Farabee, William Curtis was born on February 7, 1865 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel N. and Susannah (Henkins) Farabee.
California (Pennsylvania) State Normal School, 1885-1887. Bachelor of Arts, Waynesburg College, Pennsylvania, 1894. Master of Arts, 1900, Doctor of Philosophy, 1903, Harvard.
Teacher and principal public schools, Pennsylvania, 5 years. Principal Jackson Academy, Jackson Centre, Pennsylvania, 1896-1899. Austin teaching fellow, 1901-1903, instructor anthropology, 1903-1913, Harvard University.
Curator, museum of University of Pennsylvania, since 1913.
In charge of DeMilhan-Harvard South. American expedition, South. American expedition University of Pennsylvania, 1913-1916, 1921-1923. Honorary member Faculty of Science, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Geography Society, honorary. Member American Geographical, Society Ethnographer American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris, 1918-1919. Member special diplomatic mission to Peru.
Member Ancient Order El Sol, Lima, Peru.
Married Sylvia Manilla Holdren, March 12, 1897.