William Skrimshire
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William Skrimshire, (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.
He is commemorated in Wisbech by the walkway named Skrimshire's Passage.
Wisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
– 22 July 1829) was a surgeon and botanist.
174 botanical specimens he collected including Origanum vulgare are held in the Wisbech and Fenland Museum.
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, 28, 1806
- On the Phosphorescence of Bodies, from the action of the Electric Explosion - Nicholson's Journal vxii, 12, 1807
- On the Habitudes of Saline Bodies with regard to electricity - Nicholson's Journal xvi, 101, 1807
- On the quantity of Fecula in different varieties of potatoe - Nicholson's Journal xix, 153, 1808
- On the Fecula of potatoes and some other British Vegetables - Nicholson's Journal xxi, 71, 1808
- On the late excesive Cold Weather. Phil.Mag xivii, 182. 1816