Edward Laurens Mark

American zoologist (1847–1946)

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Lived 1847–1946, aged 99United States
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    1847–1946
    Aged 99
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Updated 2026-07-30

Edward Laurens Mark was an American zoologist, Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Zoological Laboratory of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) at Harvard University. In his landmark cytological monograph published in 1881, Mark conceived parenthetical referencing for citations, also known as Harvard referencing.

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