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Bill Wright (Utah Politician)
William, Will, or Bill Wright may refer to: William Entertainment *William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), English editor, literary executor of Edward FitzGerald *William Garrett Wright (born 1979), American poet and editor *William Wright (poet) (1782–?), Scottish poet * William Lord Wright (1879–1947), American screenwriter and film producer *William Wright (actor) (1911–1949), American film actor in the 1940s * William Wright (author) (1930–2016), American non-fiction writer Military * William Wierman Wright (1824–1882), American civil engineer and Civil War officer for U.S. Military Railroads * William P. Wright (1846–1933), American Civil War officer *Sir William Purvis Wright (1846–1910), Royal Marines officer *William M. Wright (1863–1943), lieutenant general in the United States Army * William Wright (Indian civil servant) (1895–1990), British World War I flying ace * William Wright (Medal of Honor) (1835–?), Medal of Honor recipient Politics U.S. politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Aldis Wright
William Aldis Wright (1 August 183119 May 1914), was an English writer and editor. Wright was son of George Wright, a Baptist minister in Beccles, Suffolk. He was educated at Beccles Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1858. As a nonconformist, Wright was ineligible for election to a Trinity fellowship until 1878, but became Librarian and Senior Bursar of Trinity before that date. He opposed the allegations by Simonides that the ''Codex Sinaiticus'' discovered by Constantin von Tischendorf was produced around 1840. Duly elected Fellow in 1878, he became vice-master of the college in 1888. He was one of the editors of the ''Journal of Philology'' from its foundation in 1868, and was secretary to the Old Testament revision company from 1870 to 1885. He edited the plays of Shakespeare published in the "Clarendon Press" series (1868–97), also with W. G. Clark the "Cambridge" Shakespeare (1863–1866; 2nd ed. 1891–1893) and the "Globe" edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |