Donald Merrifield [SEP] religious order
Fr. Merrifield was born in Los Angeles on November 14, 1928. He graduated from Inglewood High School. Fr. Merrifield received his bachelor's degree in physics from California Institute of Technology in 1950. He went on to obtain a master's degree in physics from University of Notre Dame in 1951 and his doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1962.
Biography Career.
Donald Merrifield entered the Society of Jesus in 1951 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1965 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic
of Arts and Sciences in 1878. It is said that the naturalist Mary Philadelphia Merrifield learnt Swedish in order that she could correspond with him.
Works.
His principal work, "Species, Genera et Ordines Algarum" (4 vols., Lund, 1848–63), was a standard authority.
Further reading.
- Theoria Systatis Plantarum; Accredit Familiarum Phanerogarum in Series Naturales Disposito, Secundum Structurae Normas et Evolutionis Gradus Instituta. Lund Apr-Sep 1858