| 词条 | William Wright (botanist) |
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William Wright {{Post-nominals|post-noms=FRS FRSE FRCPE FLS FSA Scot MWS}} (1735–1819) was a Scottish physician and botanist. LifeBorn in March 1735 in Crieff, Perthshire, he studied at Crieff Grammar School and then University of Edinburgh, and obtained a medical degree at St. Andrews (MD 1763). He served as an apprentice with G Dennistoun in Falkirk (1752-6),[1] and became a navy surgeon in 1760. In 1764 Wright became the assistant to a Dr. Gray in Kingston, Jamaica. He stayed on the island until 1777. He enrolled in the British Navy in 1779 and was captured by the French. He returned to Jamaica in 1782 and the following year became Physician in Chief of the colony. He returned to Edinburgh in 1785. He joined an expedition led by Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801) exploring the Caribbean from 1796 to 1798. William Wright became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1778. He was a member in numerous societies, among them the Linnean Society of London of which he became associate member in 1807; the Wernerian Natural History Society in 1808, of which he was a founding member; the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, over which he presided in 1801.[2] Wright published numerous articles in medicine. His Jamaican collections became an important contribution to natural history. Notably, he described more than 750 plant species. He lived his final years at 51 Hanover Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[3] In 1795 he was visited by Johann Gottfried Schmeisser. He is buried in the north west section of the western extension to Greyfriars Kirkyard. Botanical Reference{{botanist|W.Wright|Wright, William}}The genus Wrightia (Apocynaceae) and Wrightea (syn. Wallichia, Arecaceae) were dedicated to him. Wrightia was by Robert Brown (1773–1858) and Wrightea by William Roxburgh (1759–1815). Botanical Reference{{botanist|W.Wright|Wright, William}}The genus Wrightia (Apocynaceae) and Wrightea (syn. Wallichia, Arecaceae) were dedicated to him. Wrightia was by Robert Brown (1773–1858) and Wrightea by William Roxburgh (1759–1815). Sources
1. ^{{cite book |last1 = Waterston |first1 = Charles D |last2 = Macmillan Shearer |first2 = A |title = Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index |url = http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf |accessdate = 8 February 2011 |volume = II |date = July 2006 |publisher = The Royal Society of Edinburgh |location = Edinburgh |isbn = 978-0-902198-84-5 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061004113303/http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf |archivedate = 4 October 2006 |df = dmy-all}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2011}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, William}}2. ^Dictionary of National Biography. Volume 1. p. 1442 (1903) 3. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1818 23 : Scottish antiquarians|Scottish botanists|Scottish naturalists|Scottish sailors|Scottish surgeons|1735 births|1819 deaths|Founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Linnean Society of London|Fellows of the Royal Society|Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh|British Army regimental surgeons|Royal Navy Medical Service officers|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Alumni of the University of St Andrews|People from Crieff|People from Edinburgh|Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard|18th-century British botanists|19th-century British botanists|18th-century Scottish medical doctors|19th-century Scottish medical doctors|Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
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