Thomas Jonathan Burrill

Thomas Jonathan Burrill

Born	(1839-04-25)April 25, 1839 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 14, 1916(1916-04-14) (aged 76)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Illinois State Normal University
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Plant pathology
Institutions	University of Illinois

Thomas Jonathan Burrill (April 25, 1839 – April 14, 1916) was an American botanist and plant pathologist who first discovered bacterial causes for plant disease.^[1] He introduced Erwinia amylovora (called by him Micrococcus amylovorus) as the causal agent of pear fire blight.

Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he moved with his family at age 9 to a farm in Stephenson County, Illinois.^[2] Burrill graduated Illinois State Normal University in 1865.^[3] 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.^[2]

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 University of Illinois and remained there the rest of his career, eventually serving as Vice President in 1882.^[4] Burrill served as acting regent of the University of Illinois from 1891 until 1894.^[5]

The standard author abbreviation Burrill is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

References[]

^ "Thomas Jonathan Burrill: April 25, 1839-April 14, 1916". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 35 (4): 269–270. Oct 1916. JSTOR 3221912.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rogers, A. D. III (1952). Erwini Frink Smith. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. 31. p. 675.
^ "BURRILL, Thomas Jonathan". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 213.
^ Smith, Erwin F. (May 1916). "In Memoriam: Thomas Jonathan Burrill". Journal of Bacteriology. 1 (3): 269.b2–271. doi:10.1128/JB.1.3.ii-271.1916. PMC 378653.
^ "Burrill 1891-1894". University of Illinois System, President's Office.
^ IPNI. Burrill.

External links[]

Thomas J. Burrill Papers, 1901-1905;1909-1910
Correspondence, 1892, 1894^{[permanent dead link]}

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