Josef Murr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Murr

Austrian botanist

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1864

Place of Birth: Brixen, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1932

Profession: botanist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Josef Murr (6 June 1864, Brixen – 4 January 1932, Innsbruck) was an Austrian classical philologist and botanist. In 1887 he received his PhD from the University of Innsbruck, afterwards working as a high school instructor in several communities, that included Trient (1896–1906) and Feldkirch (1906–1919).
As a botanist, he was a taxonomic authority of numerous plants within the genera Chenopodium and Hieracium.