William Skrimshire

William Skrimshire (the younger), (1766 in Wisbech – 22 July 1829) was a surgeon and botanist.

174 botanical specimens he collected including Origanum vulgare are held in the Wisbech and Fenland Museum.[1]

He is commemorated in Wisbech by the walkway named Skrimshire's Passage.

Publications

On the Absorption of Electric Light by different Bodies – Nicholson's Journal xv, 28, 1806
On the Phosphorescence of Bodies, from the action of the Electric Explosion – Nicholson's Journal vxii, 12, 1807
On the Habitudes of Saline Bodies with regard to electricity – Nicholson's Journal xvi, 101, 1807
On the quantity of Fecula in different varieties of potatoe [sic] – Nicholson's Journal xix, 153, 1808
On the Fecula of potatoes and some other British Vegetables – Nicholson's Journal xxi, 71, 1808
On the late excessive Cold Weather. Philosophical Magazine xivii, 182. 1816

F. H. Perring, Proc.B.S.B.I, 1956, 133, and G. Crompton, William Skrimshire' 1766–1829. The Wisbech Society, 55th Annual Report (1994) 17–20;
G. Crompton, Postscript to 'William Skrimshire', The Wisbech Society, 57th Annual Report (1996)
G. Crompton & E. C. Nelson, The herbarium of William Skrimshire (1766–1829) of Wisbech. Watsonia,(2000)23:23–38.]

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