Background
Underwood, William Lyman was born on March 4, 1864 in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William James and Esther Crafts (Mead) Underwood.
Underwood, William Lyman was born on March 4, 1864 in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William James and Esther Crafts (Mead) Underwood.
Public school education.
1 son, William James. Married second, Elizabeth Farley Kelly, September 8, 1923. Left school, 1880, to enter father’s business, William Underwood Company, manufacturers canned goods, established 1822, of which became director Began lecturing in Boston and vicinity, 1896.
Lecturer in biological department Massachusetts Institute Technology, since 1900.
Writer and lecturer on bacteriology as applied to canned and preserving industries, mosquitoes and their extermination, the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth problems. Also on wild life in field and forest.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Ida Cushing, November 16, 1887 (died 1922). Married second, Elizabeth Farley Kelly, September 8, 1923.