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American medical doctor and botanist
A.K.A.
Wright, John, 1811-1846
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Birth:
2 February 1811(Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA)
Death:
11 April 1846(Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA)
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Doctor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, USA
( - 1833)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York, USA
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York, USA
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Biography
John Wright (February 2, 1811 – April 11, 1846) was an American physician and botanist.
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. The standard author abbreviation Wright is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.