Background
Davis, William Harper was born on December 10, 1877 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Alice (Hoff) Davis.
Davis, William Harper was born on December 10, 1877 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Alice (Hoff) Davis.
Certificate in biology, University of Pennsylvania, 1895. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1900. Post-graduate, Columbia, 1900-1904.
Unmarried.
Assistant in psychology, Columbia, 1900-1903. Instructor philosophy and psychology, 1904-1905, assistant professor in charge of department, 1905-1907, Lehigh University. Assistant in biology, University of Pennsylvania Summer School, 1894.
Secretary general psychology, International Congress Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Librarian to Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, Newark, since September, 1915.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary council 1907), New York Academy Sciences. Member American Library Association, Special Libraries assosiation, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Library associations, American Electric Railway Association, National Commercial Gas Association, National Electric Light Association, American Psychological Association (secretary-treasurer 1904-1908), National Education Association, American Society Naturalists, American Anthropological Association, American Philosophical Association, New York Zoological Society, Philadelphia Zoological Society, American Peace Union, Drama League, Society Judicial Settlement International Disputes, Society Promotion of Liberal Studies, Browning Society of Philadelphia, Gesellschaft fur positivistische Philosophic (Berlin), et cetera Clubs: Philobiblon, Princeton, Plays and Players, New York Library, Newark Traffic.