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BIOLOGIST

Elmer Drew Merrill

1876 - 1956

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Elmer Drew "E. D." 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmer Drew Merrill has received more than 44,125 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Drew Merrill is the 623rd most popular biologist (down from 428th in 2019), the 5,944th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,933rd in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 623 out of 841. Before him are Johann Jakob Bernhardi, Morten Thrane Brünnich, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Nikolay Drozdov, and Edwin Klebs. After him are Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Johann Friedrich Adam, Władysław Taczanowski, Josef August Schultes, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 138. Before him are Pantelis Karasevdas, Paul Rivet, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Nikolay Burdenko, Olav Duun, and John Marshall. After him are Marvin Hart, Felix Jacoby, Gwen John, Edgar Evans, Stephanos Christopoulos, and Walter Burley Griffin. Among people deceased in 1956, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 141. Before him are Gerrit Smith Miller, Robert Yerkes, Jan Šrámek, Albert Kluyver, Willem Hendrik Keesom, and Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos. After him are George Bancroft, E. A. Dupont, Louis Bromfield, Billy Bishop, Johnny Claes, and Flora Sandes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 5,944 out of 18,182. Before him are James Eckhouse (1955), Stephanie Seymour (1968), Francis Spellman (1889), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Julia Morgan (1872), and Joe Lieberman (1942). After him are Sonny Clark (1931), James Blish (1921), Sheree J. Wilson (1958), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Yvonne Elliman (1951), and Greg Bear (1951).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Elmer Drew Merrill ranks 90. Before him are Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Asa Gray (1810), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Thomas Say (1787), Theodore Gill (1837), and Jack Horner (1946). After him are George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), Alice Hamilton (1869), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Leidy (1823), and Alfred G. Knudson (1922).

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