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William Murrill

1869 - 1957

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William Alphonso Murrill (October 13, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American mycologist, known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales and Polyporaceae. In 1904, he became the assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). He, along with the NYBG, founded the journal Mycologia and was its first editor for 16 years. Murrill was known to travel extensively to describe the mycota of Europe and the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Murrill is the 932nd most popular biologist (up from 942nd in 2019), the 784th most popular biography from Greece (up from 822nd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Murrill ranks 932 out of 1,097. Before him are George Romanes, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Thomas Pennant, Ken Alibek, Johann Christoph Wendland, and Pierre Chambon. After him are Joanne Chory, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Norman I. Platnick, Philipp Christoph Zeller, and Alice Catherine Evans.

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Among people born in 1869, William Murrill ranks 141. Before him are August Blom, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Robert W. Paul, Joshua Pim, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, and Zaida Ben-Yusuf. After him are Albert Engström, Stephen Leacock, Bill Haywood, Booth Tarkington, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, and Harry Stafford. Among people deceased in 1957, William Murrill ranks 192. Before him are Ernesto Chaparro, Mark Aldanov, Wyndham Lewis, Julia Morgan, James M. Cox, and Guillaume Grandidier. After him are Grigory Landsberg, Ken Wharton, José Nehin, Karl Patterson Schmidt, Demetrio Neyra, and Alfredo Gollini.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, William Murrill ranks 785 out of 1,024. Before him are John Kaminiates (900), Perikles Kakousis (1879), Agathonas Iakovidis (1955), Panagiotis Pipinelis (1899), Panagiotis Giannakis (1959), and Athanasios Vouros (1801). After him are Traianos Dellas (1976), Alexandros Chalkokondylis (1880), Germanos III of Old Patras (1771), Archon of Pella (-400), Lucius Shepard (1943), and Vassilis Spanoulis (1982).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Greece

Among biologists born in Greece, William Murrill ranks 1. 

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