Samuel Hart Wright

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Drawing of Bluff Point Stoneworks by Samuel Hart Wright in 1879

Samuel Hart Wright (1825–1905) was a farmer, astronomer, botanist, teacher, and almanac editor.[1][2][3] He accumulated and maintained a large collection of plants. He catalogued Hartwrightia and it is named for him. He served as an editor of the Farmers' Almanac.

Wright was from Peekskill, New York and later lived in Jerusalem, New York. He taught at Dundee Academy.[2]

He helped produce The Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States in 1867.[4]

He corresponded with John Torrey in 1870.[5]

Wright published a regular column including a mathematics problem.[6]

Malacologist (1851–1940) was his son.[7][1]

Charles Willison Johnson wrote about him in 1906 in The Nautilus.[8]

The standard author abbreviation S.H. Wright is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Zimmer, Melanie (May 13, 2014). Curiosities of the Finger Lakes: Hidden Ancient Ruins, Flying Machines, the Boy Who Caught a Trout with His Nose and More. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625845450 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Biography of Samuel Hart Wright, M.D., A. M." www.crookedlakereview.com.
  3. ^ "Wright, Samuel Hart (1825-1905) on JSTOR". Global Plants. JSTOR.
  4. ^ https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/724720
  5. ^ Wright, Samuel Hart (November 5, 1870). "Samuel Hart Wright and John Torrey correspondence, 1870". Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ^ http://bullock1.com/MathDeptYatesCountyChron.pdf
  7. ^ "What's In A Name Or Two?". www.jaxshells.org.
  8. ^ Johnson, Charles Willison (November 5, 1906). "Samuel Hart Wright". The Nautilus. 19: 105–106.
  9. ^ IPNI.  S.H. Wright.

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