History of Hamlet, (Chautauqua County) New York United States of America

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Edward Laurens Mark, zo?logist, was born at Hamlet, N.Y., May 30, 1847; son of Charles L. and Julia (Pierce) Mark; grandson of James and Lucy (Woodcock) Mark and of Dr. Austin and Mary Ann (Sterling) Pierce, and a descendant of David Sterling (born in Hertfordshire, England, 1632), who came to New England and settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1651. He was graduated from the University of Michigan, A.B., 1871; remained there as instructor in mathematics, 1871-72; and was assistant astronomer on the U.S. northern boundary survey, 1872-73. He was married in 1873 to Lucy, daughter of Edwin King of Dunkirk, N.Y. He studied at Leipzig and Jena, 1874-76, receiving the degree of Ph.D. from Leipzig in 1876; was instructor in zo?logy at Harvard, 1877-83; assistant professor of zo?logy there, 1883-86; and in 1885 became Hersey professor of anatomy. He was elected a member of various learned societies, to whose proceedings he contributed numerous important articles, chiefly on the subject of zo?logy. He also directed the preparation of the Contributions from the Zo?logical Laboratory of the Museum of Comparative Zo?logy at Harvard College, which were begun by him in 1883 and in 1902 numbered 125.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Hamlet, (Chautauqua County) New York

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