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### Author
Wright, Charles Henry (1864-1941), British botanist; studied at Oxford University; assistant Kew Herbarium 1884-1908, asst. keeper ib. 1908-1929; asst. examiner in botany, S. Kensington 1899-1901; lecturer in botany 1905-1929.
**Abbreviated name**: *C.H. Wright* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.H.Wright*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection RAMM|RAMM]] and [[Collection K|K]]; further material in [[Collection BM|BM]] (bryoph.), [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Letters *at [[Collection NY|NY]] (incl. some mss. notes).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 523 (b. 5 Jun 1864, d. 21 Jun 1941); BB p. 336; BJI 1: 64; BL 1: 61, 89, 92, 121, 144, 324; BM 5: 2364; Bossert p. 443; Bret. p. 824; CSP 19: 721; Desmond p. 678; GR p. 421; Hortus 3: 1207; IF p. 738, suppl. 1, p. 86; Lenley p. 442, 4183, 29363; MW p. 536; Rehder 2: 68; TL-2/1814, 2448, 7055, see T. Cooke; TL-2/see E.F. Vallentin; Tucker 1: 755, 3: 341; Zander ed. 10, p. 734, ed. 11, p. 838.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1897: 227, 1909: 150, 1912: 305, 1919: 115, 1929: 265-266 (at Kew 1884-1929; retirement), 1950: 313; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 82: 42. 1927 (obit.); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 583-584. 1969; J. Bot. 79: 136. 1941 (d.); Who's who London 1919-1941; Who was who London 1941-1950: 1266.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.49. 1980.
- Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 131. 1978.
- Cotton, A.D., J. Kew Guild 6(48): 93. 1942 (obit., portr.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 154(3): 299-300. 1943 (obit.).
- Kent, D.H., Brit. Herb. 87. 1957.
- Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 279. 1984.
- Merrill, E.D., Contr. natl. Herb. U.S. 30(1): 318. 1947; B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 192. 1973.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 4: 581. 1938, 5: 3, 320, 530. 1939.
#### Composite works
- (1) Contributed to H.N. Ridley, *Report on the botany of the Wollaston expedition* 1916, see TL-2/9210.
- (2) *List of the plants, in* Henry H.Johnston, ed., *The Uganda Protectorate* 1: 329-351. 1902.
- (3) With R.N. Rudmose Brown and O.V. Darbishire, *The botany of Gough Island, in *Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Rep. Sci. Res. Voy. S.Y. Scotia vol. 3, botany, no. 3. 1912, see BM 4: 1886.
- (4) Introductory note to S.T. Dunn, *Description of new Chinese plants*, J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 35: 453-518. 1904.
- (5) Co-editor (with Daniel Dewar), *Johnson's gardener's dictionary*, London 1894.
- (6) Contributed to W.B. Hemsley et al., *Fl. Aldabra*, Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1919(3).
- (7) Contributed to D. Oliver, *Fl. trop. Afr.* (TL-2/7055):
*Hydrocharidaceae*, 7(1): 1-10. Dec 1897.
*Burmanniaceae*, 7(1): 10-12. Dec 1897.
*Palmae*, 8(1): 97-127. Jun 1901.
*Pandaneae*, 8(1): 127-133. Jun 1901.
*Alismaceae*, 8(2): 206-214. Sep 1901.
*Solanaceae*, 6(2, 2): 315-316. 1917.
*Casuarineae*, 6(2, 2): 315-316. 1917.
(With J.G. Baker): *Nyctagineae* 6(1, 1): 1-9. Mar 1909.
(Id.) *Polygonaceae*, 6(1, 1): 98-120. Mar 1909.
(Id.) *Cytinaceae*, 6(1, 1): 130-134. Mar 1909.
(Id.) *Monimiaceae*, 6(1, 1): 167-171. Mar 1909.
(Id.) *Proteaceae*, 6(1, 2): 193-211. Dec 1910.
- (8) Contributed to Harvey & Sonder, *Fl. capensis* (TL-2/2448):
*Plumbaginaceae*, 4(1, 3): 418-426. Oct 1906.
(With W.H. Harvey): *Primulaceae*, 4(1, 3): 426-431. Oct 1906.
(Id.) *Oleaceae*, 4(1, 3): 478-480. Oct 1906.
*Hydrophyllaceae*, 4(2, 1): 1-2. Feb 1904.
*Solanaceae*, 4(2, 1): 87-121. Feb 1904.
*Amarantaceae*, 5(1, 2): 402-433. Mai 1910 (with T. Cooke).
*Chenopodiaceae*, 5(1, 2): 433-448. Mai 1910.
*Polygonaceae*, 5(1, 3): 459-482. Jan 1912.
*Piperaceae*, 5(1, 3): 487-492. Jan 1912.
*Thymelaeaceae*, 5(2, 1): 1-81. Apr 1915.
*Balanophoraceae*, 5(2, 2): 212-215. Oct 1915.
*Hydrocharidaceae*, 5(3, 1): 1-2. Oct 1912.
*Scitamineae*, 5(3, 2): 313-319. Mar 1913.
*Palmae*, 7(1): 28-30. Dec 1897.
- (9) Contributed many entries to *Bot. Mag.* 1906-1913.
- (10) Compiler of *Hand-list of ferns and fern allies*, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, ed. 2. 1906 (see J. Bot. 44: 288. Aug 1906).
- (11) Contributed to N.E. Brown et al., *Report on two botanical collections... at Mount Roraima in British Guiana*, Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2. 6: 1-107, *14 pl*. 1901.
### Publications
##### n.18.344. Mosses of Madagascar
**Title**
*Mosses of Madagascar*... From the Journal of Botany... 1888. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1888, p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 26: 263-268. 1888.
##### n.18.345. Flora of the Falkland Islands
**Title**
*Flora of the Falkland Islands*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1911, p. \[313\]-339. *Copy*: Peterson. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 39: 313-339. 1911.