Background
Yeates, William Smith was born on December 15, 1856 in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Major Jesse J. and Virginia Scott Yeates.
Yeates, William Smith was born on December 15, 1856 in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Major Jesse J. and Virginia Scott Yeates.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory and Henry College, Virginia, 1878, Master of Arts, 1881.
Major John West. Moore, C.S.A., of Ahoskie, North Carolina, January 16, 1884. On United States Fish Commission spring 1879. Taugh school, 1879-1880.
Employed in the Fisheries Division, 10th United States Census, 1880-1881.
Aid, assistant, acting curator and assistant curator, United States National Museum, in charge collection of minerals and gems, 1881-1893. Professor minerology, Corcoran Scientific School, Columbian University, Washington, 1884-1893.
Professor geology, same, 1890-1893. Executive commissioner for Georgia, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, State geologist of Georgia.
Curator of the Georgia State Museum.
Fellow Geological Society of America. Member many scientific societies.
Married Julia West., daughter