Background
Marks, Lionel Simeon was born on September 8, 1871 in Birmingham, England. Son of Samuel Edward Marks.
Marks, Lionel Simeon was born on September 8, 1871 in Birmingham, England. Son of Samuel Edward Marks.
Student Mason College, Birmingham, 1888-1892, engineering diploma, 1891. Bachelor of Science, London University, 1892. Arrived in America, 1893.
Master of Mechanical Engineering Cornell Univercity, 1894.
Instructor mechanic engineering, Harvard University, 1894-1900, assistant professor, 1900-1909, professor 1909-1940, professor emeritus, 1940. Also professor Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1914-1918.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (national lecturer 1944-1946). Member Old Cambridge Shakespeare Association (president), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (national lecturer 1942. Clubs: Harvard of Boston.
Married Josephine Preston Peabody, June 21, 1906 (died December 4, 1922). Children: Alison Peabody, Lionel Peabody.