Jorge Eduardo Wright

Jorge Eduardo Wright (20 April 1922 – 2005) was an Argentine 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.^[1]

Jorge Eduardo Wright
Born	(1922-04-20)April 20, 1922 Buenos Aires
Died	January 4, 2005(2005-01-04) (aged 82)
Nationality	Argentine
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires University of Michigan
Known for	Contributions to the knowledge of Gasteromycetes of South America
Scientific career
Fields	Mycology
Academic advisors	Alexander H. Smith
Author abbrev. (botany)	J.E.Wright

In 1966, botanist Zdeněk Pouzar published a genus of fungi in the family Bondarzewiaceae, as Wrightoporia in Wright's honour.^[2][3]