Jorge Eduardo Wright

Jorge Eduardo Wright (20 April 1922 – 2005) was an Argentinian 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(1922-04-20)April 20, 1922
DiedJanuary 4, 2005(2005-01-04) (aged 82)
NationalityArgentinian
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
University of Michigan
Known forContributions to the knowledge of Gasteromycetes of South America
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
Academic advisorsAlexander H. Smith
Author abbrev. (botany)J.E.Wright

References

  1. Lopez SE, Cabral D, Cafaro MJ. (2006). "Jorge Eduardo Wright, 1922–2005". Mycologia. 98 (3): 518–20. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.3.518.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. IPNI.  J.E.Wright.
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