John Wright (doctor)

John Wright
Born (1811-02-11)11 February 1811[1]
Troy, New York[1]
Died 11 April 1846(1846-04-11) (aged 35)[1]
Aiken, South Carolina[1]
Cause of death Tuberculosis of the lungs[1]
Nationality United States
Alma mater Yale[1]
Known for
Spouse(s)
Mary Cottrell
(m. 1838; d. 1841)
[1]
Catherine Wyant (m. 1844)
[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer County Medical Society
[1] Troy Lyceum of Natural History[2]
Influences Amos Eaton
Thomas C. Brinsmade[1]
Author abbrev. (botany) Wright[3]

John Wright (February 2, 1811 – April 11, 1846) was an American physician and botanist.[1]

Wright was Amos Eaton's student and co-authored the last, eighth, edition of the Manual of Botany. He had one son, with Mary Cottrell, who died on September 18, 1841. In 1833, he graduated with a medical degree from Yale College. He went on to be a professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a lecturer for the Rensselaer County Medical Society. For two years he associated in practice with Thomas C. Brinsmade.[1] The standard author abbreviation Wright is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13  Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L., eds. (1920). "Wright, John". American Medical Biographies. Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
  2. ↑ Amos Eaton, John Wright (1840). North American Botany: Comprising the Native and Common Cultivated Plants, North of Mexico. Genera Arranged According to the Artificial and Natural Methods. E. Gates.
  3. ↑ "Tropicos Wright, John". Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ IPNI.  Wright.


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