Life Carriker was born in
Sullivan, Illinois, in 1879. He attended the
University of Nebraska, where he studied
Mallophaga (bird lice) under
Lawrence Bruner. He had a son,
Melbourne Romaine Carriker, who was a marine
malacologist. He Moved with his family in
Beachwood, New Jersey, after returning to the
United States in 1927. He died in 1965. ==References==