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Mark Sylvester William Jefferson

Born: 03/01/1863   Mellrose , MA
Died: 1949
Parents: Daniel Jefferson, Mary Elizabeth Jefferson
Children: Geoggrey, Barbara, Theodore, Phoebe, Hilray, Sally, Thomas, Mary (two marriages)

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Mark Jefferson Paris Peace Conference Diary Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms 1966
Man in the United States Non Fiction , Travel Adult Ann Arbor, MI : Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers 1933
Peopling the Argentine Pampa Non Fiction Adult New York : American Geographical Society 1926
Principles of Geography Non Fiction Adult New York : Harcourt, Brace 1926
Man in Europe, Here and There Non Fiction , Travel Adult Ypsilanti, MI : Evans-Starr Printing Co. 1924
Recent Colonization in Chile Non Fiction Adult New York : Oxford University Press 1921
Commercial Values: Atlas of Raw Materials of Commerce and Commercial Interchanges Non Fiction Boston : Ginn 1912
Geography of Michigan Non Fiction , Michigan Adult Ypsilanti, MI : Scharf Tag, Label & Box Co. 1906
Atlantic Tides Non Fiction Adult Washington, D. C. : Judd & Detweiler 1898

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Culver Gold Medalist 1932
American Geographical Society Cullom Gold Medalist 1931

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Who's Who in Michigan 1936 1936
Biographical Dictionary of American Educators
Dictionary of American Biography
Who Was Who among North American Authors
Who Was Who in America

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (A.M.) Harvard University Cambridge , MA 1898
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) Harvard University Cambridge , MA 1897

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Chief cartographer American Peace Commission Paris, France 1918
Treasurer and Assistant Manager Sugar Ingenio "La Providencia" Tucuman Argentine Republic 1886 -1888
Astronomer Argentine Republic 1884 -1886
Chairman City Planning Commission Ypsilanti
Instructor of Geography
- summer school 		Harvard University, University of Michigan, Yale, and others.
Professor and Head of Geography Department Michigan State Normal College (Eastern Michigan University) Ypsilanti

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