Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Thornton, M. K. (Marmaduke Knox), 1892-
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Thornton, Marmaduke Knox, 1892-
- Thornton, Duke, 1892-
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1892-1984
History
Marmaduke Knox Thornton Jr. was born in 1892 in Arkansas. He attended Mississippi A&M College (now Mississippi State University) and graduated in 1909 with a BS in Education. Thornton married Lucille Ramsey on December 28, 1921. They had two children, Lucille Thornton, and Marmaduke III. He was a professor of Industrial Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M College from 1919-1934. He later became various specialists at Texas A&M College along with the Agricultural Extension services until his retirement in 1964. Thornton Jr. died on January 8, 1984, in Bryan, TX.