Samuel Hart Wright (c. 1825–1905) was a farmer, astronomer, botanist, teacher, and almanac editor. He accumulated and maintained a large collection of plants. He catalogued ''

Hartwrightia ''Hartwrightia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae of the family Asteraceae.D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kaderei ...

'' and it is named for him. He served as an editor of the ''

Farmers' Almanac ''Farmers' Almanac'' is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818. Published by Geiger of Lewiston, Maine, the ''Farmers' Almanac'' provides long-range weather predictions for both the U.S. and Canada. The ...

''. Wright was from

Peekskill, New York Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, from New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from ...

and later lived in

Jerusalem, New York Jerusalem is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the ancient city of Jerusalem. The Town of Jerusalem is on the south border of the county and is southwest of G ...

. He taught at

Dundee Academy The High School of Dundee is an independent, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils. Its foundation has been dated to 1239, and it is the only pri ...

. He helped produce ''The Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States'' in 1867. He corresponded with

John Torrey John Torrey (August 15, 1796 – March 10, 1873) was an American botanist, chemist, and physician. Throughout much of his career, he was a teacher of chemistry, often at multiple universities, while he also pursued botanical work, focusing on ...

in 1870. Wright published a regular column including a mathematics problem.

Malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

Berlin Hart Wright Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this stat ...

(1851–1940) was his son. Charles Willison Johnson wrote about him in 1906 in '' The Nautilus''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Samuel Hart 1820s births 1905 deaths Almanac compilers Scientists from New York (state) People from Jerusalem, New York People from Peekskill, New York 19th-century American botanists 19th-century American astronomers Farmers from New York (state)