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William Skrimshire (the younger), (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.〔(Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland archive )〕 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 excessive Cold Weather. Philosophical Magazine xivii, 182. 1816 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Skrimshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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