Edmund Wright (other)

	Edmund Wright (other) Edmund Wright may refer to: * Edmund Wright (d.1583), MP for Steyning, Sussex Sir Edmund Wright (lord mayor) (died 1643), Lord Mayor of London Edmund Wright (architect) (1824–1888), architect and Mayor of Adelaide * Edmund Wright (footballer) (1902–1978), English goalkeeper See also Edward Wright (mathematician) Edward Wright (baptised 8 October 1561; died November 1615) was an English mathematician and cartographer noted for his book ''Certaine Errors in Navigation'' (1599; 2nd ed., 1610), which for the first time explained the mathematical basis of t ... (1561–1615) E. M. Wright (1906–2005), mathematician {{hndis, Wright, Edmund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Edmund Wright (d Edmund Wright may refer to: * Edmund Wright (d.1583), MP for Steyning, Sussex Sir Edmund Wright (lord mayor) (died 1643), Lord Mayor of London Edmund Wright (architect) (1824–1888), architect and Mayor of Adelaide Edmund Wright (footballer) (1902–1978), English goalkeeper See also Edward Wright (mathematician) (1561–1615) E. M. Wright Sir Edward Maitland Wright (13 February 1906, Farnley – 2 February 2005, Reading) was an English mathematician, best known for co-authoring ''An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers'' with G. H. Hardy. Career He was born in Farnl ... (1906–2005), mathematician {{hndis, Wright, Edmund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Edmund Wright (architect) Edmund William Wright (4 April 1824 – 5 August 1888) was a London-born Australian architect, engineer and businessman who was Mayor of Adelaide in 1859. Early life Wright was the third son of Stephen Amand Wright who may have been Master of Ordnance at the Tower of London. He trained as architect and surveyor and in 1849 emigrated with his brother Edward to South Australia, where they worked as land agents and joined the rush to the Victorian goldfields, but by 1852 he had returned to Adelaide where he married Agnes Jane Stuckey (née Rippingville).Healey, John ''S.A.'s Greats: The men and women of the North Terrace plaques'' Historical Society of South Australia, 2003 Agnes was the widow of Henry Stuckey (c. 1820 – 31 May 1851), also an Adelaide architect. Business career He worked as insurance agent and was appointed to the boards of several mining companies. In 1859 he was elected Mayor of the City of Adelaide. In 1875, he succeeded Alfred Watts as Consul for Sweden a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Edmund Wright (footballer) Edmund Wright (7 March 1902 – 1978) was an English professional football goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ... who played in the Football League for Brentford and Aston Villa. Career statistics References 1902 births English men's footballers English Football League players Brentford F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Worcester City F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Footballers from Leytonstone 1978 deaths {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Edward Wright (mathematician) Edward Wright (baptism, baptised 8 October 1561; died November 1615) was an English mathematician and cartographer noted for his book ''Certaine Errors in Navigation'' (1599; 2nd ed., 1610), which for the first time explained the mathematical basis of the Mercator projection by building on the works of Pedro Nunes, and set out a reference table giving the linear scale multiplication factor as a function of latitude, calculated for each minute of arc up to a latitude of 75°. This was in fact a table of values of the integral of the secant function, and was the essential step needed to make practical both the making and the navigational use of Mercator charts. Wright was born at Garvestone, Garveston in Norfolk and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he became a Oxford fellow, fellow from 1587 to 1596. In 1589 the College granted him leave after Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I requested that he carry out navigational studies with Azores Voyage of 1589, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]