William Skrimshire

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.^[1]

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 [sic] - 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

F. H. Perring, Proc.B.S.B.I, 1956, 133, and G. Crompton, William Skrimshire' 1766-1829. The Wisbech Society, 55th Annual Report (1994) 17-20;
G. Crompton, Postscript to 'William Skrimshire', The Wisbech Society, 57th Annual Report (1996)
G. Crompton & E. C. Nelson, The herbarium of William Skrimshire (1766-1829) of Wisbech. Watsonia,(2000)23:23-38.]