Background
Bickley, William Elbert was born on January 20, 1914 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Elbert and Lucretia Howe (Jordan) Bickley.
Bickley, William Elbert was born on January 20, 1914 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Elbert and Lucretia Howe (Jordan) Bickley.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1934. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1940.
Instructor entomology University Maryland, College Park, 1940—1942. Entomologist United States Public Health Service, Norfolk, Virginia, 1942—1946. Assistant professor biology University Richmond, 1946—1949.
Associate professor, professor, department entomology University Maryland, College Park, 1949—1978, head department, 1956—1971, professor emeritus, 1978—2010. Editor Journal Mosquito News, 1973—1981. Bibliography editor Journal American Mosquito Control Association, 1985—1987.
Volunteer researcher Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution. Member of Washington Academy of Sciences, Pest Science Society Washington, Council Biology Editors, Entomological Society Washington, Entomological Society of America, American Mosquito Control Association, Rotary.
Married Elizabeth Macgill Bickley, April 5, 1941 (deceased 1997). Children: Lucretia Bickley Pope, James Macgill, David Clarke, Edith Clarke Bickley Robb.