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Elmer Drew Merrill

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U.S. botanist (1876-1956)

United StatesScientistsLived 1876 to 1956 · aged 79
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Elmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.

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1951Guggenheim Fellowship
1939Linnean Medal

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Elmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through the course of his career he authored nearly 500 publications, described approximately 3,000 new plant species, and amassed over one million herbarium specimens. In addition to his scientific work he was an accomplished administrator, college dean, university professor and editor of scientific journals.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1876 to 1956 · aged 79
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21 languages

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