Background
Francis was born in 1940, in New York City, New York, United States.
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book
- Collecting Old Maps (An analytical study of rare map collecting) 1996
- A Treatise on Moon Maps, Visual studies on paper: 1610-1910 2022
Francis Manasek
Edit Profileinvestor History of selenography Independent Scholar (retired)
Career
Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School 1962. Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1966-1968. Visiting Investigtor, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD. 1969. Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School 1970-1974, Assistant Professor Pediatric Cardiology, Boston Childrren's, 1970-1974, Assistant Professor Pathology, Boston Children's 1970-1974. Associate Professor, Unniversity of Chicago 1974-1986. Professor, Dartmouth Medicl School, 1986-1998. Visiting Scholar, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Dartmouth College 2002-2006. Dealer and consultant in antiquarian maps, to present. Independent scholar and investor to present.
Achievements
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Did much of the early electron microscope investigation of early heart development. Using a multidisciplinary approach my laboratory helped transform the study of cardiogenesis from descriptive embryology to cell biology and biochemistry.
Contributed to the literature on old maps.
Au: A Treatise on Moon Maps, Visual studies on paper: 1610-1910
Works
book
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Collecting Old Maps
(An analytical study of rare map collecting)
1996 - A Treatise on Moon Maps, Visual studies on paper: 1610-1910 2022
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Other Work
Membership
Upon retirement from academia memberships in various learned societies were permitted to lapse.
Currently member of the Harvard Club of New York City,
The Harvard Club of Boston
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
Elected Fellow Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS).
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS),
Member, POETS dining club, Hanover NH
Society for the History of Astronomy
Washington Map Society
British Astronomical Association
Interests
Connections
Married, wife Anne Corning Pearson. Son Jared.
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Nationality
United States