Thomas Jonathan Burrill information

Thomas Jonathan Burrill
Thomas Jonathan Burrill
3rd President of the University of Illinois system
	Acting
	In office; 1891–1894
Preceded by	Selim Peabody
Succeeded by	Andrew S. Draper
Personal details
Born	April 25, 1839; Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Died	April 14, 1916 (aged 76)
Alma mater	Illinois State Normal University
Profession	College administrator; botanist; plant pathologist;

Thomas Jonathan Burrill (April 25, 1839 – April 14, 1916) was an American botanist, plant pathologist, and college administrator 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.^[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 University of Illinois and remained there the rest of his career, eventually serving as Vice President in 1882.^[5] Burrill served as 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]

^ "Thomas Jonathan Burrill: April 25, 1839-April 14, 1916". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 35 (4): 269–270. Oct 1916. JSTOR 3221912.
^ Glawe, Dean A. (September 1992). "Thomas J. Burrill, Pioneer in Plant Pathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 30 (1): 17–25. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.30.090192.000313. ISSN 0066-4286. PMID 19025361. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rogers, A. D. III (1952). Erwini Frink Smith. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 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.
^ International Plant Names Index. Burrill.

[amsobit-1] "Thomas Jonathan Burrill: April 25, 1839-April 14, 1916". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 35 (4): 269–270. Oct 1916. JSTOR 3221912.

[Glawe-2] Glawe, Dean A. (September 1992). "Thomas J. Burrill, Pioneer in Plant Pathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 30 (1): 17–25. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.30.090192.000313. ISSN 0066-4286. PMID 19025361. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[Rogers,_A._D._III_1952_675-3] 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.

[smith-5] 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.

[6] "Burrill 1891-1894". University of Illinois System, President's Office.

[7] International Plant Names Index. Burrill.

Thomas Jonathan Burrill information

and 19 Related for: Thomas Jonathan Burrill information

Thomas Jonathan Burrill

List of presidents of the University of Illinois System

Selman Waksman

Veranus Alva Moore

Ira Baldwin

Salvador Luria

Rebecca Lancefield

American Society for Microbiology

Thomas Milton Rivers

Oswald Avery

William Hallock Park

Harry Eagle

Theobald Smith

William Hammon

Bonnie Bassler

Moselio Schaechter

Erwin Frink Smith

Alice Catherine Evans

Kenneth Berns

Thomas Jonathan Burrill


3rd President of the University of Illinois system
Acting
In office 1891–1894
Preceded by	Selim Peabody
Succeeded by	Andrew S. Draper

Personal details
Born	(1839-04-25)April 25, 1839 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Died	April 14, 1916(1916-04-14) (aged 76)
Alma mater	Illinois State Normal University
Profession	College administrator botanist plant pathologist