Thomas Jonathan Burrill

Thomas Jonathan Burrill

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

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 1970 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]

References

↑ "Thomas Jonathan Burrill: April 25, 1839-April 14, 1916". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 35 (4): 269–270. Oct 1916.
1 2 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" (PDF). Journal of Bacteriology 1 (3): 269.b2–271. PMC 378653.
↑ "Author Query for 'Burrill'". International Plant Names Index.

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Presidents	Gregory (1867–1880) Peabody (1880–1891) Burrill (1891–1894) Draper (1894–1904) James (1904–1920) Kinley (1920–1930) Chase (1930–1933) Daniels (1933–1934) Willard (1934–1946) Stoddard (1946–1953) Morey (1954–1955) Henry (1955–1967)

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1900–1925	William Thompson Sedgwick (1900) William Henry Welch (1901) Herbert William Conn (1902) Theobald Smith (1903) Frederick George Novy (1904) Edwin Oakes Jordan (1905) Erwin Frink Smith (1906) James Carroll (1907) Harry Luman Russell (1908) Joseph James Kinyoun (1909) Veranus Alva Moore (1910) Frederic Poole Gorham (1911) William Hallock Park (1912) Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1913) Charles Edward Marshall (1914) David Hendricks Bergey (1915) Thomas Jonathan Burrill (1916) Leo Frederick Rettger (1917) Robert Earle Buchanan (1918) Samuel Cate Prescott (1919) Charles Krumwiede, Jr. (1920) Francis Charles Harrison (1921) Lore Alford Rogers (1922) Edwin George Hastings (1923) Arthur Parker Hitchens (1924) Norman MacLeod Harris (1925)

1926–1950	Hans Zinsser (1926) Robert Stanley Breed (1927) Alice Catherine Evans (1928) Ludvig Hektoen (1929) Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1930) James Howard Brown (1931) Edwin Broun Fred (1932) William Mansfield Clark (1933) Milton Joseph Rosenau (1934) Karl Friedrich Meyer (1935) Thomas Milton Rivers (1936) James Morgan Sherman (1937) Paul Franklin Clark (1938) Arthur Trautwein Henrici (1939) Charles Thom (1940) Oswald Theodore Avery (1941) Selman Abraham Waksman (1942) Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1943) Ira L. Baldwin (1944) Stuart Mudd (1945) James Craigie (1946) Thomas Francis, Jr. (1947) Harold Joel Conn (1948) William McDowell Hammon (1949) Barnett Cohen (1950)

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1976–2000	Helen Riaboff Whiteley (1976) Harlyn Odell Halvorson (1977) Aaron Frederick Rasmussen, Jr. (1978) Edwin Herman Lennette (1979) Willis A. Wood (1980) Albert Balows (1981) Frederick Niedhardt (1982) John Charles Sherris (1983) Robert Pierce Williams (1984) Rita Rossi Colwell (1985) Moselio Schaechter (1986) Jean Brenchley (1987) Barbara Hotham Iglewski (1988) Alice Shih-Hou Huang (1989) Walter Dowdle (1990) Joan Wennstrom Bennett (1991) Richard Lane Crowell (1992) John Ingraham (1993) Gail Cassell (1994) David Schlessinger (1995) Carol A. Nacy (1996) Kenneth I. Berns (1997) Stanley Falkow (1998) Stuart Levy (1999) Julian Davies (2000)

2001–present	Martha Howe (2001) Abigail A. Salyers (2002) Ronald Atlas (2003) Thomas E. Shenk (2004) James Tiedje (2005) Stanley Robert Maloy (2006) Diane E. Griffin (2007) Clifford Wayne Houston (2008) Alison D. O'Brien (2009) Roberto Kolter (2010) Bonnie Bassler (2011) David C. Hooper (2012)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 21317798 LCCN: n91054556 ISNI: 0000 0000 3283 6540 SUDOC: 088692590 Botanist: Burrill

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