Allen, Glover Morrill

1879 - Glover Morrill Allen was born in Walpole, New Hampshire on February 8, 1879.

1901 - He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University.

1901-1927 - He was a librarian in Boston Society of Natural History.

1901-1912 - He was a secretary in Nuttall Ornithological Club.

1903 - He received his A.M. degree from Harvard University.

1904 - He received his Ph.D from Harvard University.

1906-1907 - He was an editor in American Naturalist.

1907 - He was hired to oversee mammal collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Harvard University.

1911 - He published His Mamma;s of the West Indies.

1919 - He was a charter member of the American Society of Mammalogists.

1919-1942 - He became a president in Nuttall Ornithological Club.

1924 - He was hired as lecturer in zoology at Harvard University.

1925-1942 - He was a curator of mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

1925 - He published his Birds and Their Attributes.

1927 - He became vice-president in Boston Society of Natural History.

1927-1929 - He became president of American Society of Mammalogists.

1928 - He was promoted to associate professor of zoology at Harvard University.

1936-1942 - He was an editor of The Auk.

1938 - He was promoted to professor of zoology at Harvard University.

1942 - He died of heart failure in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 14, 1942.