Davis, William B., 1902-1995

LC control no.	n 85346183
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Davis, William B., 1902-1995 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Davis, William Bennoni, 1902-1995 Davis, William (William Bennoni), 1902-1995 Davis, Bill (William Bennoni), 1902-1995 Davis, W. B. (William Bennoni), 1902-1995 Doc Davis, 1902-1995
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Rupert (Idaho) Chico (Calif.) Berkeley (Calif) College Station (Tex.)
Birth date	1902-03-14
Death date	1995-06-19
Place of birth	Rexburg (Idaho)
Place of death	Bryan (Tex.)
Field of activity	Education, Higher Mammalogy Zoology
Affiliation	Chico State College University of California, Berkeley Texas A & M University
Profession or occupation	Mammalogists Zoologists College teachers Authors
Found in	His Review of the large fruit-eating bats ... 1984: t.p. (William B. Davis) LC data base, 1/28/86 (hdg.: Davis, William B., 1902- ) Obituary: William B. "Doc" Davis: 1902-1995, viewed July 14, 2021: page 1076 (William Bennoni Davis was born March 14, 1902, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Bennoni Washington Davis and Mary Ann Matilda (Owens) Davis. Bill died in his sleep at the age of 92 from kidney failure at his home in Bryan, Texas, on June 19, 1995. Bill graduated from Chico State with a B.A. in Education in 1933. He obtained his Master's degree in 1936, and his Ph.D. in 1937 from University of California at Berkeley. His dissertation, The Recent Mammals of Idaho, was published in 1939. Bill's association with Texas A&M University began in 1937, when he accepted a professorship in the Department of Wildlife Science. Bill served as Head of the Wildlife and Fisheries Department at A&M from 1947 until his retirement in 1965. For as long as we knew Bill, he was affectionately and respectfully referred to as "Doc Davis.") <https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-pdf/79/3/1076/2555494/79-3-1076.pdf>
Associated language	eng