Mark Herbert Williamson is

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at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

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. He is an expert on

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s. Williamson attended

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

where he gained a BA degree in 1950 and received a

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in 1958, having been a Departmental Demonstrator in the

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since 1952. Between 1958 and 1962, Williamson was a Senior/Principal Scientific Officer (SSO/PSO) at the

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Laboratory of the

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. Between 1962 and 1965, he was a Lecturer at the Department of

Zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

Edinburgh University The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 ...

. In 1963, he was appointed Professor at the Department of Biology, University of York, on its founding. He was Head of Department in the Department of Biology at York from 1963 until 1984. In 1993, Mark Williamson was appointed

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. In 1994, he received an OBE in the

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Books

* Williamson, Mark (1972). ''The Analysis of Biological Populations''. Edward Arnold, London. * Williamson, Mark (1981). ''Island Populations''.

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, Oxford. * Williamson, Mark (1996). ''Biological Invasions''.

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, London. * Williamson, Mark; White, David, eds. (2013).
A History of the First Fifty Years of Biology at York
'. Department of Biology,

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External links

Mark H. Williamson home page
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