Mark Williamson (biologist)

Mark Herbert Williamson Template:Postnominals is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of York, England.<ref name="york">Template:Cite web</ref> He is an expert on biological invasions.<ref name="book">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ref2014">Template:Cite web</ref>

Williamson attended Christ Church, Oxford where he gained a BA degree in 1950 and received a D.Phil. in 1958, having been a Departmental Demonstrator in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford since 1952.<ref name="york" />

Between 1958 and 1962, Williamson was a Senior/Principal Scientific Officer (SSO/PSO) at the Oceanographic Laboratory of the Scottish Marine Biological Association.<ref name="york" /> Between 1962 and 1965, he was a Lecturer at the Department of Zoology at Edinburgh University. 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1993, Mark Williamson was appointed professor emeritus. In 1994, he received an OBE in the 1994 New Year Honours.<ref name="york" />

Books

Williamson, Mark (1972). The Analysis of Biological Populations. Edward Arnold, London. Template:ISBN
Williamson, Mark (1981). Island Populations. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Template:ISBN
Williamson, Mark (1996). Biological Invasions. Chapman & Hall, London. Template:ISBN
Williamson, Mark; White, David, eds. (2013). A History of the First Fifty Years of Biology at York. Department of Biology, University of York. (PDF)