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William Steel Creighton (April 3, 1902,
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
– July 23, 1973, Alexandria Bay) was an American myrmecologist and
taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the science, scientific study of naming, defining (Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxon, taxa (si ...
. His work focused on
ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s of North America, including an extensive revision of their systematics published in 1950.


Family

W. S. Creighton was the son of John Harvey Creighton and Ethel Steel Creighton.


Academic career

Creighton obtained a bachelor's degree from
Roanoke College Roanoke College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Salem, Virginia. It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries. The college offers ...
in 1924, a M. S. degree from
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in 1926 and a D. Sc. degree from
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in 1930. While working with the entomologist Frank Eugene Lutz in 1926, he became interested in the study of ants and continued his studies under
William Morton Wheeler William Morton Wheeler (March 19, 1865 – April 19, 1937) was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and professor at Harvard University. Biography Early life and education William Morton Wheeler was born on March 19, 1865, to parents Juliu ...
, one of the leading authorities in myrmecology. In 1931 Creighton joined the Department of Biology at the
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where he stayed until his retirement as professor emeritus in February 1962.


Awards

Creighton was awarded the
Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...
in 1951 and in 1952 in the field of Organismic Biology & Ecology.


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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Creighton, William Steel 1902 births 1973 deaths Myrmecologists Harvard University alumni Roanoke College alumni Princeton University alumni 20th-century American zoologists Scientists from Philadelphia