William Wright (botanist)

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William Wright

William Wright (born March 1735 in Crieff , Perthshire , Scotland , † September 19, 1819 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish botanist and doctor . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " W. Wright ".

Life

William Wright was born in Crieff, Perthshire, in March 1735. There he attended Crieff Grammar School before starting his studies at the University of Edinburgh . He eventually received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews (MD 1763). He served as an apprentice to G. Dennistoun in Falkirk (1752–1756), and became a marine doctor in 1760.

In 1764 Wright became assistant to a Dr. Gray in Kingston, Jamaica and stayed on the island until 1777.

William Wright was a member of numerous societies. Among other things, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1778 and an associate member of the Linnean Society of London in 1807 . Since 1783 he was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In addition, he was a founding member of the Wernerian Natural History Society in 1808 and took over the chairmanship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1801 .

After serving in the military, he returned to Jamaica in 1782. The following year he became the Colony's chief physician. He returned to Edinburgh in 1785 to take part in an expedition led by Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) to explore the Caribbean from 1796-1798.

Honors

The plant genus Wrightia R. Br. From the dog venom family (Apocynaceae) is named after him .

Works

  • A botanical and medical account of the Quassia simaruba . 1778.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles D Waterston, A Macmillan Shearer: Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index , Volume II. The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Edinburgh July 2006, ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5 . Archived from the original on October 4, 2006 (Retrieved February 8, 2011).
  2. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  3. ^ Dictionary of National Biography. Volume 1. p. 1442 (1903)
  4. Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .