Samuel Hart Wright

Drawing of Bluff Point Stoneworks by Samuel Hart Wright in 1879

Samuel Hart Wright (c. 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 Berlin Hart Wright (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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ "Samuel Hart Wright | the Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867".
  5. ^ Wright, Samuel Hart (November 5, 1870). "Samuel Hart Wright and John Torrey correspondence, 1870". Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ^ "The mathematical department of the Yates County Chronicle" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  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. ^ International Plant Names Index.  S.H. Wright.