Background
Land, William Jesse Goad was born on December 2, 1865 in Alton, Indiana, United States. Son of James Glenn and Amanda (Goad) Land.
Land, William Jesse Goad was born on December 2, 1865 in Alton, Indiana, United States. Son of James Glenn and Amanda (Goad) Land.
Rome (Indiana) Academy, 1888-1892. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1902, Doctor of Philosophy, 1904.
Principal Rome Academy, 1893-1894. Principal high school, Grand Rivers, Kentucky, 1894-1895. Superintendent city schools, Ashley, Illinois, 1895-1901.
Fellow, University of Chicago, 1903, assistant in morphology, 1904-1906, associate, 1906-1908, instructor botany, 1908-1911, assistant professor, 1911-1915, associate professor, 1915-1928, professor since 1928.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society America, Illinois Academy Science, American Micros. Society, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Texas Geography Society, Texas Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Married Estella Little, February 8, 1890.