<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Alva C. Ellisor akaberekwa pana April 26, 1892 muGalveston, Texas. Pazera ramakore masere, akapona paGreat Galveston ya1900  <response>: Dutu. Aiva nevanununa vaviri vakaurayiwa muchiitiko chacho. Kuva valedictorian wekirasi yake, gare gare, muna 1915, akapedza kudzidza semudzidzi anokudzwa muGeology kubva kuYunivhesiti yeTexas, uye aive mumwe wevakadzi vaviri vakapedza kudzidza mumunda wake. Apedza kudzidza, Ellisor akabata chinzvimbo chekudzidzisa muBall High School. Ikoku kwakapfuurira kwenguva pfupi sezvo iye akasarudza kudzokera kuyunivhesiti ndokudzidza achikarira kuva purofesa. Panguva imwe cheteyo Ellisor akanga achidzidza, akanga achiitawo tsvakurudzo mumunda we geology pasi pokutarisirwa nevadzidzisi vake, Purofesa Francis L. Whitney naPurofesa Hal P. Bybee. Rimwe remapepa ake okutanga okutsvakurudza rakabudiswa nokukurumidza pashure pacho, muna 1918, iro rakanga riine zviwanwa zvakawanda zvezvisaririra zvake. Izvi zvisaririra zvakabatanidzwa muHandbook of Texas Cretaceous Fossils, rakanyorwa naWS Adkin 1928. Mugore iroro, Ellisor akatanga kushanda somupurofesa paYunivhesiti yeKansas achidzidzisa geology uye muna 1919 akakwanisa kushandisa ruzivo rwake paaishanda kuKansas Geological Survey. 