Authors and Illustrators Database

Marston Bates

Born: 07/23/1906  Grand Rapids
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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Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan 1968
Medal, American Geographic Society 1967
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
- Award received for following years: 1962-1963, 1968-1969 		1962
Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies 1961
Phi Beta Kappa Writing Award 1960
Doctor of Science (Sc.D.), Kalamazoo College
- Honorary degree. 		1955

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Contemporary Authors
- Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 5-8R Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 49-52 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 7 		1970-1983
American Authors and Books
American Men and Women of Science
Current Biography,
New York Times Biographical Service
Who Was Who in America
Who's Who in the World

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Harvard University Cambridge, MA 1934
Master of Arts (M.A.) Harvard University Cambridge, MA 1933
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) University of Florida Gainesville, FL 1927

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor University of Michigan Ann Arbor 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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