Unknown County IL Archives Biographies.....Burrill, Thomas Jonathan 1839 - 
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

BURRILL, Thomas Jonathan, naturalist, was born at Pittsfield, Mass., April 25, 
1839. In 1867 he went with Maj. J. W. Powell on his famous Rocky Mountain 
expedition. He was graduated from the State Normal university, Normal, Ill., 
in 1868. In 1871 he was elected to the chair of botany and horticulture in the 
university; in 1877 was made dean of the department of natural sciences, and 
held the office seven years, meanwhile making important investigations and 
discoveries. In 1882 was elected its vice-president, and was acting president 
1891-4. He served as president of the Illinois state horticultural society, 
vice-president of the American horticultural society, vice-president of the 
biology department of the American association for the advancement of science, 
and from 1885 to 1886 as president of the American society of microscopists. 
He is the author of Uredineæ, or Parasitic Fungi of Illinois (1885) and many 
periodical articles, addresses and papers.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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