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]
DiedApril 11, 1846(1846-04-11) (aged 35)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale[1]
Known for
Spouse
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]
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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). "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. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Wright.