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, 281, 1806
  • On the Habitudes of Saline Bodies with regard to electricity – Nicholson's Journal xvii, 12, 1807
  • On the Phosphorescence of Bodies, from the action of the Electric Explosion – Nicholson's Journal xix, 153, 1808
  • On the quantity of Fecula in different varieties of potatoe [sic] – Nicholson's Journal xxi, 71, 1808
  • On the Fecula of potatoes and some other British Vegetables – Nicholson's Journal xxi, 182, 1808
  • On the late excessive Cold Weather. Philosophical Magazine xlvii, 182, 1816[2]

Bibliography
  • 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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References
  1. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland archive
  2. Watt, Robert (1824). Bibliotheca Brittanica. II. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable. p. 839.
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