William Skrimshire

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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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