William W. Howells

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Dr William White Howells (November 27, 1908 – December 20, 2005) was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University. His most notable research concluded that modern humans are of one species.

Howells, grandson of the novelist William Dean Howells, was born in New York City. 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. 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. He worked at Harvard from 1954 until his retirement in 1974.

He was president of the American Anthropological Association in 1951. In 1998, with his wife Muriel Seabury, Howells endowed the directorship of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard.

[edit] Works

• Howells, William W. (1944). Mankind So Far. 
• Howells, William W. (1954). Back of History. New York: Doubleday & Co.. 
• Howells, William W. (1992). Getting Here. Washington, D.C.: The Compass Press. 

[edit] References

• "William W. Howells; Anthropologist Advanced Studies of Humans", Washington Post, 2006-01-16. Retrieved on 2005-12-29. 
• William White Howells. Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Retrieved on 2006-01-16.
• Wiley Interscience: Journal: Abstract. Retrieved on 2006-01-16.
• AAA Past Presidents. Retrieved on 2006-01-16.
• William and Muriel Howells Endow Peabody Museum Directorship. Retrieved on 2006-01-16.