John Wright (doctor)

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

John Wright
Born(1811-02-11)February 11, 1811[1]
Troy, New York, U.S.[1]
DiedApril 11, 1846(1846-04-11) (aged 35)[1]
Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale[1]
Known for
Spouse(s)
Mary Cottrell
​
(
m. 1838; died 1841)
[1]
Catherine Wyant
(
m. 1844)
[1]
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer County Medical Society
[1] Troy Lyceum of Natural History[2]
InfluencesAmos Eaton
Thomas C. Brinsmade[1]
Author abbrev. (botany)Wright[3]

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.  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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