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Davis (WILLIAM MORRIS an American)

WILLIAM MORRIS, an American geographer and geologist, born in Philadelphia in 1850. He graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School in 1869 and took post-graduate studies in several foreign universities. He was assistant in the Argentine National Observatory from 1870 to 1873. In 1878 he became instructor of physical geography at Harvard University and was successively assistant professor and professor of this subject. In 1899 he was appointed Sturgis-Hooper professor of geology and continued to occupy this chair until 1912, when he became professor emeritus . He took part in many important geographical expeditions in Africa, Asia, and Australia. He was an honorary member of works include "Physical Geography" (1898); "Geographical Essays" ( 1909); and numerous scientific essays. He was associate editor of the "American Journal of Science."