Marston Bates

Born: 07/23/1906   Grand Rapids , MI
Died: 04/03/1974
Parents: Glenn F. and Amy M. Bates
Children: Marian, Glenn, Sally, Barbara

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
A Jungle in the House: Essays in Natural and Unnatural History Non Fiction Adult New York : Walker 1970
Gluttons and Libertines: Human Problems of Being Natural
- Publication years 1967, 1971
Non Fiction Adult New York, Random House 1967
The Land and Wildlife of South America
- (Publication Years: 1964, 1968)
Non Fiction Adult Time/Life Books 1964
Animal Worlds
- (Publication Years: 1963, 1975)
Non Fiction Adult New York, Random House 1963
Man in Nature
- (Publication Years: 1961, 1964)
Non Fiction Adult Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall 1961
The forest and the sea; a look at the economy of nature and the ecology of man
- Publication years: 1960, 1965, 1980.
Non Fiction Adult New York, Random House 1960
Coral Island; portrait of an atoll
- Co-author: Donald P. Abbott
Non Fiction Adult New York, Scribner 1958
The Prevalence of People
- Publication dates: 1955, 1962.
Non Fiction Adult New York : Scribner's Sons 1955
Where winter never comes; a study of man and nature in the Tropics Non Fiction Adult New York, Scribner 1952
The nature of natural history
- Publication dates: 1950, 1990.
Non Fiction Adult New York, Scribner 1950
The Natural History of Mosquitoes Non Fiction Adult New York, Macmillan Co. 1949

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Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Education (M.E.) Nazareth College Kalamazoo , MI 1992

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1952 -1972
Staff International Health Division 1937 -1950
Research assistant Museum of Comparative Zoology 1935 -1937
Sheldon Traveling Fellow 1934 -1935
Director
- Entomologist
United Fruit Company Honduras and Guatemala 1928 -1931
Editorial Board
- Various administrative positions with Guggenheim Foundation, Cranbrook Institute of Science, National Science Foundation
American Scholar

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Other Comments:

His studies on mosquitoes contributed to the understanding of the epidemiology of yellow fever in northern South America.

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