Aron Wright (September 30, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American physician and educator. He was the founder and president of

Miami Valley College Miami Valley College, initially called Miami Valley Institute, was a college in Springboro, Ohio. It was founded in 1870 by Aron Wright and other Quakers. Wright served as its president until 1879 and the college closed in 1883. References

Life

Wright was born in Monallan,

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, September 30, 1810. His parents moved four years later, to Springboro,

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, where he grew up. He began the study of medicine with his sister's husband, John T. Plummer,

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., of

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, and later spent two years at

Yale Medical School The Yale School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. The primary te ...

, where he graduated in 1836. After graduation, he practiced for three years in Springboro, but moved to

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in 1840. After seventeen years practicing medicine in New York, he returned to Springboro with his family. He there engaged in the care of landed property left to him by his father. In 1870, Wright and other education-minded Quakers founded in the area of Springboro a

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, Miami Valley College. The school was notable for admitting both men and women. Wright served as president for a period of nine years, and contributed financially to the college. The college closed in 1883, soon after he left. In 1880 he moved back to New York, where he lived in

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. He died there in December 15, 1885. He was a prominent member of the

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. His daughter

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became noted as a Quaker

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