Mark Walrod Harrington

Background

Harrington, Mark Walrod was born on August 18, 1848 in Sycamore, Illinois, United States. Son of James and Charlotte (Walrod) Harrington.

Education

Graduated from the University Michigan

Career

Taught mathematics and geology U. Michigan Worked for United States Coastal Survey in Alaska, 1870-1871. Taught mathematics and astronomy at Foreign

President U. Washington

Achievements

• Mark Walrod Harrington has been listed as a noteworthy astronomer, college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Imperial Anthropological Society Moscow, Linnean Society of London, Austrian Meteorological Society. Member Scottish Geography Society discovered irregular periodic change of light in star Vesta, trifid character of Great Hercules nebula.