Jorge Eduardo Wright

Jorge Eduardo Wright
Born	April 20, 1922 Buenos Aires
Died	January 4, 2005 (aged 82)
Residence	Argentina
Nationality	Argentinian
Fields	Mycology
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires University of Michigan
Academic advisors	Alexander H. Smith
Known for	Contributions to the knowledge of Gasteromycetes of South America
Author abbrev. (botany)	J.E.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]

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.
2. "Author Query for 'J.E.Wright'". International Plant Names Index.