Thomas Wright may refer to:
Entertainment
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Thomas Wright (writer) (
fl. 1604), English writer
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Thomas Wright (engraver) (1792–1849), British engraver and portrait painter
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Thomas Wright (antiquarian)
Thomas Wright (23 April 181023 December 1877) was an English antiquarian and writer.
Life
Wright was born near Ludlow at Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire descended from a Quaker family formerly living at Bradford. He was educated at Ludlow Gra ...
(1810–1877), British antiquarian and writer
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Thomas Wright (social commentator) (1839–1909), English social commentator
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Thomas J. Wright
Thomas J. Wright is an American television director, film director, artist, and set designer. Wright has directed episodes of ''Smallville'', ''One Tree Hill'', ''Firefly'', and many other programs. He also worked extensively on Chris Carter's ' ...
, film and television director, active since 1986
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Thomas Lee Wright
Thomas Lee Wright is an American author, screenwriter and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. A Minnesota native, Wright attended Harvard University, writing and directing plays and earning a degree in English Literature with honors. He studie ...
, American writer and filmmaker
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Thomas M. Wright (born 1983), Australian actor/director
Politics
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Thomas Wright (Lord Mayor) (died 1798), Lord Mayor of London in 1785
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Thomas C. Wright (born 1948), American politician
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Thomas E. Wright (born 1955), North Carolina House of Representatives
Science
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Thomas Wright (astronomer)
Thomas Wright (22 September 171125 February 1786) was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. He was the first to describe the shape of the Milky Way and to speculate that faint nebulæ were distant ...
(1711–1786), English astronomer and mathematician
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Thomas Wright (geologist) (1809–1884), Scottish surgeon and paleontologist
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Thomas Wright (mathematical instrument maker) (1693-1767), English mathematical instrument maker
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Thomas H. Wright (1873–1928), American teacher and electrician
Sports
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Thomas Wright (cricketer, born 1842) (1842–?), English cricketer
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Thomas Wright (cricketer, born 1900) (1900–1962), English cricketer
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Thomas Wright (rugby) (1924–1990), Scottish rugby union and rugby league player
Other
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Thomas Wright (controversialist) (died 1624), English Roman Catholic priest and controversialist
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Thomas Wright (philanthropist)
Thomas Wright (1789–1875) was a prison philanthropist.
Biography
He received his education at a Wesleyan Sunday school, and when fifteen years old was apprenticed to an ironfounder, ultimately becoming foreman of the foundry at £3.10s. a week. ...
(1789–1875), British prison philanthropist
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Thomas Charles Wright (1799–?), Irish-born admiral, founding-father of Ecuadorian Navy
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Thomas Edward Wright, soldier and penal administrator, commandant at Norfolk Island 1827–28
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Thomas F. Wright Thomas Forster Wright (November 5, 1830– April 26, 1873) was an officer during the American Civil War. Born at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, he was the son of General George Wright (general), George Wright.
Wright served in the 2nd Regiment Cali ...
(1830–1873), American Union Brevet brigadier general during Civil War
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Thomas Yates Wright (1869–1964), British planter, cricketer, and legislator in Ceylon
See also
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Tom Wright (disambiguation)
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Tommy Wright (disambiguation)
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Wright
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker (for example, a shipwright i ...
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