Thomas Jonathan Burrill

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Thomas Jonathan Burrill
President of the University of Illinois system
Acting
In office
1891–1894
Preceded bySelim Peabody
Succeeded byAndrew S. Draper
Personal details
Born(1839-04-25)April 25, 1839
plant pathologist

Thomas Jonathan Burrill (April 25, 1839 – April 14, 1916) was an American

Erwinia amylovora (called by him Micrococcus amylovorus) as the causal agent of pear fire blight.[2]

Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he moved with his family at age 9 to a farm in Stephenson County, Illinois.[3] Burrill graduated Illinois State Normal University in 1865.[4] He then worked for two years as superintendent of the Urbana public schools. In 1867, he was selected by John Wesley Powell to be the botanist for an expedition to the Colorado Rocky Mountains.[3]

After the Colorado expedition, Burrill began teaching algebra as an assistant professor in 1869. He soon switched to teaching botany and by 1870 was promoted to professor. In 1868, he was elected professor of botany and horticulture at

acting regent of the University of Illinois from 1891 until 1894.[6]

The standard author abbreviation Burrill is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

  1. JSTOR 3221912
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  2. PMID 19025361
    . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Rogers, A. D. III (1952). Erwini Frink Smith. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 31. p. 675.
  4. ^ "BURRILL, Thomas Jonathan". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 213.
  5. PMC 378653
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  6. ^ "Burrill 1891-1894". University of Illinois System, President's Office.
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Burrill.

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