Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977

Loren Corey Eiseley was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1907. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.S. degree in English and geology/anthropology in 1933. He received an A.M. degree in anthropology in 1935 and a Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937. In 1937, Eiseley married Mabel Langdon. The Eiseleys moved to Kansas, then Ohio, then Pennsylvania, where Eiseley held a number of administrative posts at universities. He was active in several professional and academic honor societies including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Anthropological Association, and the Society of American Archaeology. While he was a respected scientist and educator, Loren Eiseley was also an award-winning author and poet. Some of his works include The Immense Journey (1957), Darwin's Century (1958), The Firmament of Time (1960), Notes of an Alchemist (1972), and All The Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life (1975). Eiseley's works examined evolutionary theory, and combined science and humanism. Eiseley died in 1977.

From the description of Collection, 1889-1992 1921-1977. (University of Nebraska - Lincoln). WorldCat record id: 51250196

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