Josef Murr

Josef Murr 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 and Feldkirch. As a botanist, he was a taxonomic authority of numerous plants within the genera Chenopodium and Hieracium.

Selected works

Die Pflanzenwelt in der griechischen Mythologie. 1890 – The plant world in Greek mythology.Altgriechische Weisheit : Blumenlese von Sinnsprüchen aus griechischen Dichtern, 1891 – Ancient Greek wisdom : anthology of aphorisms from Greek poets.Vokalismus und Gefühlsstimmung, in ihrem Zusammenhang an Homer und Vergil erläutert, 1908 – Vocalisms and emotions: being explained in the context of Homer and Virgil.Neue Übersicht über die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen von Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein, 1923 – New survey of ferns and flowering plants of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein.