Thomas Wright (geologist)

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Thomas Wright
A Jurassic fossil ammonite, Arietites bucklandi, from Wright's monograph on Lias Ammonites

Dr Thomas Wright FRS FRSE FGS (9 November 1809 – 17 November 1884) was a Scottish surgeon and palaeontologist.[1]

Wright published a number of papers on the fossils which he had collected in the Cotswolds and elsewhere, including Lias Ammonites of the British Isles,[2] and monographs on the British fossil echinoderms of the Oolitic (Jurassic) and Cretaceous formations.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Bonney, Thomas George (1900). "Wright, Thomas (1809-1884)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 133–134.
  2. ^ Wright, Thomas (1878–1886). Monograph on the Lias Ammonites of the British Isles. London: The Palaeontographical Society.. Text Plates
  3. ^ Wright, Thomas (1857–1878). Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic formations. Volume I – The Echinoidea. London: The Palaeontographical Society.
  4. ^ Wright, Thomas (1863–1880). Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic formations. Volume II – The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. London: The Palaeontographical Society.
  5. ^ Wright, Thomas (1864–1882). Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Cretaceous formations. Volume I – The Echinoidea. London: The Palaeontographical Society.
  6. ^ Sladen, W. Percy; Spencer, W.K. (1891–1908). Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Cretaceous formations. Volume II – The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. London: The Palaeontographical Society. Compiled by Sladen & Spencer after Wright's death.