Mark Walrod Harrington | |
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| 33rd President of the University of Washington | |
| In office 1895–1897 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Milton Gatch |
| Succeeded by | William Franklin Edwards |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1848 Sycamore, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 10, 1926 (aged 78) |
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Mark Walrod Harrington (August 18, 1848 – September 10, 1926) was an American scientist, the first civilian head of the United States Weather Bureau, and former president of the University of Washington.[1] Considered a prominent scientist in the late 19th century, Harrington studied and published works in multiple disciplines, including botany,[2][3] astronomy,[4] meteorology,[5] and geology, and knew a half-dozen languages.[6] His academic achievements were overshadowed by his disappearance in 1899, when he left home one day and disappeared for many years. His wife and son located him in 1908 at a psychiatric hospital in New Jersey where he had been admitted as patient John Doe No. 8.[7]
- ^ "Mark Walrod Harrington, 1895-97 — UW Libraries". www.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Catalog Record: The analysis of plants. Intended for schools... | HathiTrust Digital Library. Sheehan & co. 1876. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ The tropical ferns collected by Professor Steere in the years 1870-75. By M.W. Harrington ... 1878. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Catalog Record: Mathematical theories of planetary motions | HathiTrust Digital Library. The Register Pub. Co. 1892. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Rainfall and snow of the United States, compiled to the end of 1891, with annual, seasonal, monthly, and other charts. By Mark W. Harrington ... text. United States. Weather Bureau. BulletinC. 1894. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "The Fault in His Stars | Bentley Historical Library". Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "Image 14 of New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), November 14, 1908". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-07-09.