George Knox Merrill (16 October 1864 –21 October 1927) was an American lichenologist. He was a leading exponent of lichenology in the early 20th century. He was particularly interested in species of the family Cladoniaceae, in which he published several new species, varieties, and forms. In 1909 he started publishing Lichenes Exsiccati, which he continued intermittently until 1927; 400 specimens were presented in this exsiccata series.[1]
Merrill was born in Lewiston, Maine, to John Merrill (a farmer) and Jane Prescott. He attended public schools in Lewiston, and later, in Boston where he and his mother moved after his father died. He entered Harvard University but never finished a degree there. Around this time he took up an interest in journalism and started writing articles for the newspaper The Beverly Citizen. Merrill was also a chess player of note, and once won the state championship of Maine.[1]
george, knox, merrill, october, 1864, october, 1927, american, lichenologist, leading, exponent, lichenology, early, 20th, century, particularly, interested, species, family, cladoniaceae, which, published, several, species, varieties, forms, 1909, started, pu. George Knox Merrill 16 October 1864 21 October 1927 was an American lichenologist He was a leading exponent of lichenology in the early 20th century He was particularly interested in species of the family Cladoniaceae in which he published several new species varieties and forms In 1909 he started publishing Lichenes Exsiccati which he continued intermittently until 1927 400 specimens were presented in this exsiccata series 1 Merrill was born in Lewiston Maine to John Merrill a farmer and Jane Prescott He attended public schools in Lewiston and later in Boston where he and his mother moved after his father died He entered Harvard University but never finished a degree there Around this time he took up an interest in journalism and started writing articles for the newspaper The Beverly Citizen Merrill was also a chess player of note and once won the state championship of Maine 1 The standard author abbreviation G Merr is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 2 References edit a b Plitt Charles C 1928 George Knox Merrill The Bryologist 31 4 65 71 doi 10 1639 0007 2745 1928 31 65 gkm 2 0 co 2 International Plant Names Index G Merr External links editFarlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany George Knox Merrill 1864 1927 Papers nbsp This article about a mycologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Knox Merrill amp oldid 1130358190, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
