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Elmer Drew Merrill

1876 - 1956

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Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Drew Merrill is the 312th most popular biologist (up from 493rd in 2019), the 2,798th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,422nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 312 out of 1,097. Before him are George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Hieronymus Bock, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Motoo Kimura, John Gurdon, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. After him are Karl Gegenbaur, Gerrit Smith Miller, Jean Victoir Audouin, Ian Wilmut, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, and Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 71. Before him are Tomáš Baťa, Prince Harald of Denmark, Joseph Meister, Madeleine Vionnet, Senjūrō Hayashi, and Eugène-Henri Gravelotte. After him are Viktor Kaplan, Julio González, Roman Malinovsky, Josef Hofmann, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Franz Schlegelberger. Among people deceased in 1956, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 69. Before him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Guido Cantelli, Drastamat Kanayan, Miklós Nyiszli, Jehanne D'Alcy, and Felix Bernstein. After him are Charles Joughin, Gerrit Smith Miller, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Otto Schmidt, Michael Ventris, and Jean Metzinger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 2,798 out of 20,380. Before him are Brittany Murphy (1977), Tito Jackson (1953), Dexter Gordon (1923), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Rex Tillerson (1952), and Martin Ritt (1914). After him are David Letterman (1947), Cy Young (1867), Johnny Winter (1944), David Soul (1943), Lauren Hutton (1943), and Avery Brundage (1887).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 54. Before him are John du Pont (1938), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), James Rothman (1950), Michael Rosbash (1944), Michael W. Young (1949), and Wilbur Scoville (1865). After him are Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Andrew Fire (1959), David Baltimore (1938), Carol W. Greider (1961), Charles M. Rice (1952), and Brian Kobilka (1955).

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