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.
He is commemorated in Wisbech by the walkway named Skrimshire's Passage.
On the Absorption of Electric Light by different Bodies - Nicholson's Journal xv, 28, 1806On the Phosphorescence of Bodies, from the action of the Electric Explosion - Nicholson's Journal vxii, 12, 1807On the Habitudes of Saline Bodies with regard to electricity - Nicholson's Journal xvi, 101, 1807On the quantity of Fecula in different varieties of potatoe [sic] - Nicholson's Journal xix, 153, 1808On the Fecula of potatoes and some other British Vegetables - Nicholson's Journal xxi, 71, 1808On the late excessive Cold Weather. Philosophical Magazine xivii, 182. 1816 