Edward Laurens Mark

Edward Laurens Mark
Born(1847-05-30)May 30, 1847
Hamlet, New York
DiedDecember 16, 1946(1946-12-16) (aged 99)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, Leipzig University
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, Anatomy
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorRudolf Leuckart
Doctoral studentsThomas Barbour, George Howard Parker, William Emerson Ritter, William Rees Brebner Robertson.
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Edward Laurens Mark (May 30, 1847 – December 16, 1946) was an American zoologist, Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Zoological Laboratory of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) at Harvard University.[1][2][3] In his landmark cytological monograph published in 1881,[4] Mark also conceived the parenthetical referencing for citation, also known as Harvard referencing.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Parker, George Howard (October 10, 2023). Mark anniversary volume; to Edward Laurens Mark, Hersey professor of anatomy and director of the zoölogical laboratory at Harvard university, in celebration of twenty-five years of successful work for the advancement of zoölogy, from his former students, 1877–1902. H. Holt and company.
  2. ^ Evolution evolbiol.ru Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Harvard University History of Named Chairs. Sketches of Donors and Donations" (PDF). harvard.edu. 2005.
  4. ^ Mark, E. L. (October 1881). "Maturation, Fecundation, and Segmentation of Limax campestris, Binney". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 6 (12): 173–625 [194]. ISSN 0027-4100.
  5. ^ Chernin, Eli (October 22, 1988). "The "Harvard system": a mystery dispelled". British Medical Journal. 297 (6655): 1062–1063. doi:10.1136/bmj.297.6655.1062. PMC 1834803.
  6. ^ "Edward Laurens Mark". The Anatomical Record. 102 (3): 273–277. November 1, 1948. doi:10.1002/ar.1091020302. S2CID 188405290.
  7. ^ "Edward Mark". www.nasonline.org.