Jorge Eduardo Wright (20 April 1922 – 2005) was an Argentine mycologist. Born in Buenos Aires, he graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1949. He was awarded a Latin American Guggenheim Fellowship and studied under Alexander H. Smith at the University of Michigan, under whom he received his Master of Science degree in botany in 1955. A year later he was awarded his doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires based on his research on the gasteromycetes and other basidiomycetes. Wright became a full professor in systematic botany at this university in 1960, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. During his career, he published over 120 scientific articles and several books.[1]
Jorge Eduardo Wright | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 20, 1922 |
| Died | January 4, 2005 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires University of Michigan |
| Known for | Contributions to the knowledge of Gasteromycetes of South America |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycology |
| Academic advisors | Alexander H. Smith |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | J.E.Wright |
In 1966, botanist Zdeněk Pouzar published a genus of fungi in the family Bondarzewiaceae, as Wrightoporia in Wright's honour.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Lopez SE, Cabral D, Cafaro MJ (2006). "Jorge Eduardo Wright, 1922–2005". Mycologia. 98 (3): 518–20. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.3.518. S2CID 85674579.
- ^ Pouzar Z. (1966). "Studies in the taxonomy of the Polypores I". Ceská Mykologie. 20 (3): 171–7.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. J.E.Wright.