Jorge Eduardo Wright
Academic
1922 – 2005
Who was Jorge Eduardo Wright?
Jorge Eduardo Wright 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.
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- Born
- Apr 20, 1922
Buenos Aires - Nationality
- Argentina
- Education
- Doctorate, University of Buenos Aires
Natural science
( - 1956)
- Doctorate, University of Buenos Aires
- Lived in
- Buenos Aires Province
- Died
- Jan 4, 2005
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on July 23, 2013
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