About J. Marion Shull
Lived 1872 – 1948 (aged 75–76). J. Marion Shull was an American botanist and botanical illustrator.
James Marion Shull (1872–1948) was an American botanist known for his iris and daylily cultivars and botanical illustrations. Shull came from a family that produced several prominent biologists. His brothers included the plant physiologist Charles Albert Shull, professor at the University of Chicago and founding editor-in-chief of Plant Physiology; the geneticist George Harrison Shull of Princeton University, known for pioneering work on heterosis in maize; and the zoologist Aaron Franklin Shull, a professor at the University of Michigan who worked on genetics and evolution.
Career Watercolor of pineapple (Ananas comosus) by J. Marion Shull, 1919.
J. Marion Shull began his career with the government as a dendrological illustrator for the U.S. Forest Service (1907–1909).
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American botanist (1872-1948)
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J. Marion Shull was a botanist and botanical illustrator.
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