biography
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Jefferson, Mark (Sylvester William)
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| (1863–1949)
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| biography:
| Geographer, born in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA. He interrupted his studies at Boston University in 1883 to work at the National Observatory in Cordoba, Argentina, graduating from Boston in 1889. He then taught in Massachusetts public schools, becoming superintendent of schools in Lexington (1893–6), later earning an MA from Harvard (1898). In 1901–39 he was in charge of geography at Ypsilanti's Normal College (now Eastern Michian University). A skilled linguist, enthusiastic fieldworker, and prolific writer, he published many articles and books, including Men in Europe (1924), Principles of Geography (1926), and Man in the United States (1933). |
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