Anne Wright (other)
Anne Wright may refer to: *Anne Wright (author) (1793–1861), British author *Anne Wright (historian) (1924–1981), Scottish historian and academic *Anne Wright (lecturer) (born 1946), British academic *Anne St. Clair Wright Anne St. Clair Wright (1910 – 1993) was an American historic preservationist. A central figure in the foundation, in 1952, of Historic Annapolis Incorporated (currentlHistoric Annapolis Foundation, she served four terms as president and as cha ...

Anne Wright (author)
Anne Wright (1793 – 18 January 1861) was a British author, most notably of children's books about natural sciences. Her most well-known work was originally published as a series of letters and later compiled into one volume, titled ''The Observing Eye, or Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal Life'' (1851). Biography Personal life Anne Wright was born in 1793 in Middlesex.Ancestry.com. ''1861 England Census'' atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. In 1816 she married John Wright, whose uncle is known for launching the first sea-going steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the ship prefix, prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S .... Most of her writing was complete from a farm in Buxton, Norfolk, where she was a very active participant in the community.E. H. ''A Br ...
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Anne Wright (historian)
Anne Wright (born 1924) was a lecturer in modern history and warden at the University of St Andrews. Wright was the only female lecturer in the School of Modern History at that time: Doris Ketelbey had retired in 1958, and Margaret Lambert had left in 1960. Early life Wright was born and educated in St Andrews. Her father was John N. Wright, a University of St Andrews staff member. Wright graduated in 1946 from the University of St Andrews with an MA Honours in History. Four years after her graduation, she worked with a Church of Scotland organisation that had provided 'Huts and Canteens’' during the war; she ran a hostel in post-war Berlin for members of the forces and their wives. After returning from Berlin, Wright spent almost twenty years as a secondary school teacher. She trained in Dundee and taught around London in 1950, before returning to St Andrews in 1961, likely due to her mother’s poor health. Wright taught around Fife, Tayside, and in St Andrews at St ...
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Anne Wright (lecturer)
Anne Margaret Wright (born 26 July 1946) is a British academic and academic administrator. She was educated at King's College London (BA English, 1967; PhD, 1970). She was a Lecturer in English at Lancaster University from 1969 to 1971 then Senior Lecturer in Modern English at Hatfield Polytchnic (now the University of Hertfordshire) from 1971 to 84. She served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Sunderland from 1992 to 1998. She was Chair of the National Lottery Commission The National Lottery Commission was an organisation set up on 1 April 1999 under the National Lottery Act 1998 to regulate the United Kingdom's National Lottery. It replaced the Director General and the Office of the National Lottery (Oflot). On 1 ... 2005 to 2013. She was made a CBE in 1997. References 1946 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Academics of Lancaster University Vice-Chancellors by university in England People associated with the University of Sunderlan ...
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