Thomas Wright

615 books • 16 series

Wright was born near Ludlow in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, to a Quaker family who had formerly lived in Bradford. He attended Ludlow Grammar School before graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1834. While in Cambridge, he contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine and other periodicals, and in 1835 he moved to London to pursue a literary career. In 1842, he was chosen corresponding member of Paris' Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, as well as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a member of numerous other distinguished British and international organizations. In 1859, he oversaw the excavations of the Roman town of Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter), near Shrewsbury, and produced a report. The Drawing Room Portrait Gallery contains a portrait of him from October 1, 1859. Thomas Edward Bridgett, an English clergyman and historian, commented, "It is only when he has to speak of the Catholic Church that he is bitter and unfair."
Oct 17, 2015
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The History of Scotland. with a Survey of the Religious History of Scotland

Aug 13, 2015
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de Nugis Curialium Distinctiones Quinque

Apr 27, 2015
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Monograph on the Lias Ammonites of the British Islands: Volume 2, Parts 5-8 (Cambridge Library Collection - Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society)

Apr 27, 2015
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Monograph on the Lias Ammonites of the British Islands: Volume 1, Parts 1-4 (Cambridge Library Collection - Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society)

Apr 27, 2015
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Monograph on the Lias Ammonites of the British Islands 2 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society)

Mar 19, 2015
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A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, Volume 1)

Mar 19, 2015
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A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, Volume 2)

Mar 19, 2015
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A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations 2 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society)

Feb 20, 2015
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The Roll of Arms of the Princes, Barons, and Knights Who Attended King Edward I. to the Siege of Cae - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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The History of Fulk Fitz Warine, an Outlawed Baron in the Reign of King John - War College Series

Feb 19, 2015
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The Life of Edward Fitzgerald - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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The Political Songs of England, from the Reign of John to That of Edward II - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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An Essay on the State of Literature and Learning Under the Anglo-Saxons - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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The Travels of Marco Polo - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 19, 2015
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The History of Fulk Fitz Warine, an Outlawed Baron in the Reign of King John - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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Reliquiae Antiquae, Volume II - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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Gualteri Mapes de Nugis Curialium Distinctiones Quinque - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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The Chester Plays. a Collection of Mysteries Founded Upon Scriptural Subjects, Volume II - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 18, 2015
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Autobiography of Thomas Wright of Birkenshaw in the County of York, 1736-1797 - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 17, 2015
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The Worship of the Generative Powers - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 17, 2015
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Popular Treatises on Science Written During the Middle Ages in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, & English - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 17, 2015
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Churchwarden's Accounts of the Town of Ludlow - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 16, 2015
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The Life of Sir Richard Burton - Scholar's Choice Edition

Feb 8, 2015
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A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art - Scholar's Choice Edition