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'''Marcus Wilson Jernegan''' (1872 – 1949) was an American [[historian]] |
'''Marcus Wilson Jernegan''' (1872 – 1949) was an American [[historian]]<ref name="marthas">{{cite web|title=Finding Aid ... Marcus Jernegan Papers, 1939 - 1949|url=http://www.mvmuseum.org/collections/fa_pdfs/RU%20352--Marcus%20Jernegan.pdf|publisher=Martha's Vineyard Museum|accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref> and a professor at at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?one=apf1-05251.xml|title=Jernegan, Marcus W. : Photographic Archive : The University of Chicago|website=Photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu|accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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He was from [[Edgartown]] and graduated as valedictorian of [[Edgartown High School]]. He received his Phd from the University of Chicago in 1906. His father was a whaler and his brother, Prescott Jernegan, became infamous as the promoter of the fraudulent Jeregan Process for extracting gold from seawater.<ref>The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine by Ronald Pesha</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2012/07/25/prescott-jernegan-gold-from-seawater-swindle-11663/|title=Prescott Jernegan and the Gold from Seawater Swindle - The Martha's Vineyard Times|date=25 July 2012|website=Mvtimes.com|accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref> |
He was from [[Edgartown]] and graduated as valedictorian of [[Edgartown High School]]. He received his Phd from the University of Chicago in 1906. His father was a whaler and his brother, Prescott Jernegan, became infamous as the promoter of the fraudulent Jeregan Process for extracting gold from seawater.<ref>The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine by Ronald Pesha</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2012/07/25/prescott-jernegan-gold-from-seawater-swindle-11663/|title=Prescott Jernegan and the Gold from Seawater Swindle - The Martha's Vineyard Times|date=25 July 2012|website=Mvtimes.com|accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref> |
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Marcus Wilson Jernegan (1872 – 1949) was an American historian[1] and a professor at at the University of Chicago.[2]
Biography
He was from Edgartown and graduated as valedictorian of Edgartown High School. He received his Phd from the University of Chicago in 1906. His father was a whaler and his brother, Prescott Jernegan, became infamous as the promoter of the fraudulent Jeregan Process for extracting gold from seawater.[3][4]
A collection of his essays was published as a historiography.[citation needed]
Selected publications
- The American Colonies — 1492 to 1750
- A Child’s Diary Aboard a Whale-ship (edited version of his sister's diaries)
- The History of the Whaling Industry
References
- ^ "Finding Aid ... Marcus Jernegan Papers, 1939 - 1949" (PDF). Martha's Vineyard Museum. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Jernegan, Marcus W. : Photographic Archive : The University of Chicago". Photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine by Ronald Pesha
- ^ "Prescott Jernegan and the Gold from Seawater Swindle - The Martha's Vineyard Times". Mvtimes.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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