William W. Howells
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William White Howells (November 27, 1908 – December 20, 2005) was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University.
William W. Howells | |
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Born | William White Howells (1908-11-27)November 27, 1908 |
Died | December 20, 2005(2005-12-20) (aged 97) Kittery Point, Maine |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Earnest A. Hooton |
Doctoral students | Paul T. Baker C. Loring Brace Henry Harpending Robert Jurmain Henry McHenry[1] |
Howells, grandson of the novelist William Dean Howells, was born in New York City, the son of John Mead Howells, the architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower, and Abby MacDougall White.[2] He graduated with an S.B. in 1930 and obtained a doctorate from Harvard in 1934 and worked for the American Museum of Natural History.[3] He lectured at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1937 to 1954, serving as a lieutenant in the Office of Naval Intelligence during World War II.[4] He taught at Harvard from 1954 until his retirement in 1974.
He was president of the American Anthropological Association in 1951.[5] In 1998, with his wife Muriel Seabury, Howells endowed the directorship of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard.[6]