Background
Geddes, Williamson Nevin was born on December 28, 1836 in Newville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Peebles (Doctor of Medicine and Catherine I. (Maclay) G.
Geddes, Williamson Nevin was born on December 28, 1836 in Newville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Peebles (Doctor of Medicine and Catherine I. (Maclay) G.
Graduate Princeton Theological
Teacher, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, West Virginia, 1861-1871. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1871. Pastor Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 9 months, 1871.
In charge Preparatory Department, Hanover College, Indiana, 1872-1873.
Professor mathematics, mechanic philosophy and astronomy, 1873-1876. In charge private school Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1881-1885.
Editor hot. department Standard Dictionary, 1891-1894. Prepared all botanical matter for “Addenda,’’ same, 1901-1902, and for flora of “Botany All the Year Round,” 1903-1904.
Editorial writer with Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1909-1910.