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William Wright (explorer)
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] |
William Wright (16th Century MP)
William Wright was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York on one occasions. Life and politics There are few records detailing the life of William Wright. Born around 1482 to William Wright. He was a merchant and notary who became a member of Corpus Christi Guild in 1503 and held the offices of sheriff (1511–1512) and Alderman of the City of York (1514). He was elected to represent the city as MP in 1515, but this was his only term in office. He was originally intended to serve with Alan Staveley, but Staveley was replaced by the more experienced William Nelson. He also served as lord mayor of York (1518–1519) having been elected by letters patent. At some point after serving as MP he married Urusula Joye of Riccall. In 1523 he was contracted by Cardinal Wolsey to be master of the archiepiscopal mint. He served a second term a lord mayor in 1535 which was marked by a dispute over the lands at Bishopfields with the Archbishop of York. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (surgeon)
William Wright (1773–1860) was a British aural surgeon. Biography Wright was born at Dartford in Kent on 28 May 1773, was son of William and Margaret Wright. Wright was educated under John Cunningham Saunders, and was therefore in all probability a student of St. Thomas's Hospital. He does not appear to have obtained any medical diploma or license, but he proceeded to Bristol, where he began his professional career in 1796. Here Miss Anna Thatcher came under his care. She was almost deaf and dumb, but his method of treatment was so successful that in a year she could repeat words, and in 1817 she had a long audience and conversation with Queen Charlotte Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms .... Her majesty thereupon appointed Wright her surgeon-aurist in ordinary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (botanist)
William Wright (1735–1819) was a Scottish physician, botanist and slave owner. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Life He was born in March 1735 in Crieff, Perthshire, and was educated at Crieff Grammar School. He served as an apprentice physician with G Dennistoun in Falkirk from 1752 to 1756. He then studied Medicine at University of Edinburgh. In 1758 he joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon, serving in the West Indies until 1763. He obtained his doctorate (MD) from St Andrews University in 1763. , and became a navy surgeon in 1760. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1774. Wright was a slaveowner and opposed the abolition of slavery. In 1764 Wright became the assistant to a Dr. Gray on a sugar plantation in Kingston, Jamaica, where he invested the income from his medical practice into slaves and land. In partnership with Dr Thomas Steel, he built Orange Hill estate where his medical practice was responsible for the medic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (Australian Bishop)
William Joseph Wright (26 October 1952 13 November 2021) was the eighth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle in Australia. He was consecrated on 15 June 2011. Cardinal George Pell, two dozen priests, bishops and hundreds of parishioners packed the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Hamilton, New South Wales, for his consecration as bishop. On 15 September 2021, Wright announced that he had submitted his resignation to Pope Francis on the grounds of ill health. He died of terminal lung cancer on 13 November 2021. Life and career Wright was born on 26 October 1952 in Washington DC, shortly before his family returned to Australia. He went to school at St Aloysius' College in Sydney and Wimbledon College Wimbledon College is a government-maintained, voluntary-aided, Jesuit Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form for boys aged 11 to 19 in Wimbledon, London. The college was founded in 1892 "for improvement in living and learning for the g ... in London, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Godsell Wright
William Godsell Wright (March 13, 1904 August 4, 1973) was an Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada from 1960 to 1972. Education Wright was born on March 13, 1904, in Greenville, Illinois, the son of William Clifford Wright and Edith Browning. He was educated in the public school of Corpus Christi, Texas and then at the Greenville High School. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1927 and later from the General Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1930. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Daniel Baker College in 1952. Ordained Ministry Wright was ordained deacon in April 1930 by Bishop John Chanler White of Springfield and priest in December 1930 by Bishop Edward Campion Acheson of Connecticut. After ordination, he became assistant minister at St Paul's Church in New Haven, Connecticut from 1930 until 1933 and then rector of Trinity Church in Newtown, Connecticut between 1933 and 1938. Later he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (Canadian Bishop)
William Lockridge Wright (September 4, 1904 - January 19, 1990) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Personal life and education Wright was born into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1904 in Roslin, Ontario. He was educated at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and ordained in 1927. He married Margaret Clare on July 30, 1936 in the former Chapel of Trinity College, Toronto. Wright and his wife had four children and thirteen grandchildren. Early career After a curacy at St George's, Toronto he was then the Incumbent at St James', Tweed from 1928 to 1932. His next appointment was as a curacy at Christ's Church Cathedral (Hamilton, Ontario). In 1936 he became rector at Church of St. George the Martyr, Toronto. He became rector of St. Luke's Cathedral (Sault Ste. Marie) in 1940 and 1941 he became Dean of St Luke's. Bishop and Metropolitan On May 30, 1944 Wright was consecrated as Bishop of Algoma. At the time of his election as Bishop he was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (missionary)
William Wright (15 January 1837 – 31 July 1899) was an Irish missionary in Damascus and the author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ... of ''The Empire of the Hittites'' (1884), which introduced the history of the recently discovered Hittite civilization to the general public. He is the author of the quote ''Absence of evidence is not evidence''. Publications * ''The Empire Of The Hittites, with the Decipherment of the Hittite Inscriptions by Professor A. H. Sayce'' * ''The Brontes in Ireland'' * ''An Account Of Palmyra And Zenobia: With Travels And Adventures In Bashan And The Desert'' References Sources * 1837 births 1899 deaths {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Burnet Wright
William Burnet Wright (April 15, 1838 in Cincinnati His works include ''Master and Men'', published in 1894. References External links * * 1838 births 1924 deaths American Congregationalist ministers Religious leaders from Cincinnati {{Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (English Priest)
William Wright (1563 in York, England – 18 January 1639 in London, England) was an English Roman Catholic scholar and Jesuit missionary priest. He was imprisoned after the Gunpowder plot. Life He was born at York, and was educated at the English College, Rome. He entered Society of Jesus in 1581, and was professed of the four vows in 1602. He taught as professor of philosophy and theology at Gratz and Vienna. He joined the English mission in 1606, when he became chaplain to the Gages at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk. He was soon arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London (July 1607), and later in the White Lion Prison. He opposed the oath of allegiance and supremacy required by James I's government. Supported by his brother Thomas, an ex-Jesuit, Wright disputed publicly against the oath, and the Gages, whom he had instructed, refused to take it. When the bubonic plague ravaged London and his prison, he nursed the sick; buried the dead, and in the confusion escaped to Lei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wright (businessman)
Sir William Thompson Wright, (September 1927 – 24 July 2022) was a Northern Irish business owner and Unionist politician. Life Wright grew up in Ballymena, and first came to prominence in the late 1950s, when he joined his father's company, the vehicle body building business Robert Wright & Son.Company History , The Wright Group Politics In the 1970s, Wright joined the , and was elected as its Chairman. He stood for the party in North Antrim at the |
William Wright (Scottish Politician)
William Wright (1862 – 9 April 1931) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. Born near Lincoln, Wright joined the Independent Labour Party, and began working for the party as a full-time organiser in South Wales in 1898. He later relocated to Scotland, where he became prominent in the co-operative movement. Wright was elected at the 1922 general election as member of parliament (MP) for the Rutherglen constituency in Lanarkshire, and held the seat until his death in 1931, aged 68. The resulting by-election was won by the Labour candidate David Hardie. In his spare time, Wright was a lay reader In Anglicanism, a licensed lay minister (LLM) or lay reader (in some jurisdictions simply reader) is a person authorised by a bishop to lead certain services of worship (or parts of the service), to preach and to carry out pastoral and teaching f ... in the Anglican church, and wrote ''Agriculture and the Unemployed'', and a book of poetry, ''Down Under''. References * * Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
