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Wrigfht, William (1735-1819) : b. Crieff, Perthsh,, March, 1735; 

 d. Edinburgh, 19 Sept., 1819 ; bur. Greyfriars, Bdin. M.D, 

 St. Andrew's. A.L.S., 1807; F.E.C.P.E., 1782; F.E.S.E., 

 1788 ; F.E.S. Went to Greenland, 1757 ; Jamaica, 1765-77, 

 and 1779-86. Discovered Cinchona Jamaicensis, Phil. Trans. 

 Ixvii. 504. Jamaica plants in Herb. Liverpool Bot. Garden. 

 Pritz. 361 ; Jacks. ; E. S. C. vi. 446 ; 'Memoirs,' with portr., 

 1828 ; Nich. lUustr. iii. 781 ; Turn. Puci, iii. 32 ; Naturalist, 

 iv. 899 (1839). Portr. engr. by Lizars from miniature by 

 Caldwell. Wrightea Eoxb. = Wallichia. Wrightia E. Br. 



Wyatt, Mary (Mrs), (fl. 1833). Dealer in shells, Torquay. 

 ' Algae Damnonienses,' 1833, superintended by Mrs. Griffiths. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1834, 95. Wyattia Trevisan = Ghlorosiphon 

 Kiitz. 



Wyburd, H. (fl. 1810). ' Introd. to Linnean Classification,' 

 1810. Jacks. 17. 



Wynne, John (fl. 1836-67). Of Hazelwood, Co. Sligo. Under 

 Secretary. Discovered Erica mediterranea in Mayo, 1836, 

 and Saxifraga nivalis and Arahis petrcsa, on Ben Bulben, 

 1837. ' Adiantum Gapillus-Veneris in Leitrim,' Nat, Hist. 

 Eeview iv. (1865), 69. Cyb. Hibern. pp. xiii. xv. 



Yalden, — (fl. circ. 1750). Studied medicine in Edinburgh. 

 Sent list of Edinburgh pi. to Lightfoot. Herbarium be- 

 queathed to Lightfoot. MS. on Scottish plants in Bot. Dept., 

 Brit. Mus. El. Scot. xiv. 



Yates, Rev. James (1789-1871) : b. Toxteth Park, Liverpool, 

 April 30, 1789; d. Highgate, 7 May, 1871; bur. Highgate 

 Cemetery. Unitarian minister. M.A. Bdin., 1812. E.L.S., 

 1822 ; E.E.S., 1839. ' Eossil Cycads,' Proc. Yorksh. Phil. 

 Soc. 1849, 37. Had a collection of Cycads. Pritz. 362; 

 Proc. Eoy. Soc. xx. i. ; E. S. C. vi. 466 ; Gard. Chron. 1871, 

 618. Yatesia Carr. 



Yonge, Rev. James (1748-97). Of Pushnch, nr. Plymouth. 

 Eector of Newton Perrers. Contributed to plant-lists in 

 Polwhele's Hist, Devon. Herbarium now at Puslinch. 

 Briggs, ' El. Plymouth,' xxix. 



Young, Edward (fl. 1856). Of Waincyrch, Neath. ' Ferns of 

 Wales,' 1856, with dried specimens. Pritz. 352 ; Jacks. 247. 



Young, George (fl. 1763-74). M.D. Surgeon to forces in 

 West Indies. First Curator, St. Vincent Bot, Gard., 1766- 

 1774. 



Young, James Forbes (1796-1860) : b. April, 1796 ; d. Lam- 

 beth, 30 June, 1860; bur. Lambeth. M.D. Bdin., 1817. 

 P.L.S., 1847. Of Lambeth. Herbarium in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1860-1, xlv. ; Fl. Midd. 400. 



Young, Rev. John (fl. 1829-69). M.A. ' Trees and Flowers 

 in Scripture,' 1848. Jacks. 20. 



Young, William Weston (d. 1838 or 1839). A.L.S., 1806. 

 Made drawings for Dillwyn's ' Confervas.' Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 i. 36. 



Yule, John (fl. 1808-25). M.D. Memb. Wern. Soc. ' Germi- 



