bacteriologist, and pathologist. Born into a military family, he
demonstrated an early interest in zoology by collecting local wildlife
around his father's army posts. He graduated from Brown University in
1897, and continued his studies at George Washington University while
working part-time at the United States National Museum. He received his
Ph.D. in 1913. Lyon published many papers on mammalogy, formally
describing six species, three genera, and one family. In 1919, he and
his wife Martha moved to South Bend, Indiana, to join a newly opened
clinic. He began to publish medical studies too, but continued his work
in mammalogy, with a particular focus on the local fauna of Indiana. He
published more than 160 papers during his career. Lyon acquired the
rank of major in the Medical Reserve Corps during World War I, and was
appointed president of the American Society of Mammalogists from 1931 to
1932. He was a member of Sigma Xi, the Society of American
Bacteriologists, the Indiana Academy of Science, and the Biological
Society of Washington. Lyon became a conservationist later in life.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Ward_Lyon,_Jr.>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1783:
The first of five strong earthquakes hit the region of Calabria
on the Italian Peninsula killing more than 32,000 people over a period
of nearly two months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783_Calabrian_earthquakes>
1869:
Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discovered the
largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger"
(pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Stranger>
1958:
A Mark 15 nuclear bomb disappeared off the shores of Tybee
Island, Georgia, after it was jettisoned during a practice exercise when
the bomber carrying it collided in midair with a fighter plane.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision>
1994:
The Army of Republika Srpska carried out the first of two
bombardments against civilians in the marketplace in Sarajevo, which
were the stated reason for NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markale_massacres>
2008:
Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super
Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths
and over $1 billion in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Super_Tuesday_tornado_outbreak>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
comestible:
Suitable to be eaten; edible.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comestible>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I think that one of our most important tasks is to convince
others that there's nothing to fear in difference; that difference, in
fact, is one of the healthiest and most invigorating of human
characteristics without which life would become meaningless. Here lies
the power of the liberal way: not in making the whole world Unitarian,
but in helping ourselves and others to see some of the possibilities
inherent in viewpoints other than one's own; in encouraging the free
interchange of ideas; in welcoming fresh approaches to the problems of
life; in urging the fullest, most vigorous use of critical self-
examination.
--Adlai Stevenson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson>
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