Dr Mark Frederick Boyd
(1898-1968)

Died aged c. 70

Dr. Mark Frederick Boyd was born in 1898 and was internationally recognized for his research in tropical diseases. He was president of the American Academy of Tropical Medicine and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and edited two volumes concerning malaria. He was director of the Station for Malaria Research, International Health Division, Rockefeller Foundation. He was president of the Florida Historical Society and initiated the Florida Historical Marker Program. Boyd wrote several articles for the Florida Historical Quarterly on Civil War battles in Florida and on early mission sites and helped survey the Woodruff Reservoir area. He was instrumental in the preservation of the San Luis Mission site in Tallahassee. Dr. Mark Frederick Boyd died in 1968.

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Mark Frederick Boyd (1889–1968) was an American physician and writer. He taught and performed research in public health. He went to work for the Rockefeller Foundation in 1921, and thereafter specialized in the study of malaria. He also wrote about the history of Florida.

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