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Arthur Wright (other)
Arthur Wright may refer to: * Arthur Wright (footballer) (1919–1985), English footballer who played for Sunderland * Arthur Wright (police officer) (1861–1938), New Zealand policeman and police commissioner * Arthur Wright (writer) (1870–1932), Australian novelist * Arthur Wright (cricketer) (1886–1970), English cricketer and Royal Navy officer * Arthur Wright (speedway rider) (1933–2016), English speedway rider * Arthur E. Wright (1907–1977), Canadian politician * Arthur F. Wright (1913–1976), American academic, sinologist, editor and professor of history * Arthur G. Wright (1937–2015), American R&B guitarist and arranger * Arthur Williams Wright (1836–1915), American physicist * Arthur Cory-Wright (1869–1951), British businessman * A. Gilbert Wright (1909–1987), American zoologist and museologist * A. R. Wright (folklorist) (1862–1932), British folklorist See also * Wright (surname) {{hndis, Wright, Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wright (footballer)
Arthur William Tempest Wright (23 September 1919 – 27 May 1985) was an English association football, footballer who played as a wing half, left half. A former England schoolboy international, Wright spent his entire club career with Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland.He was signed at the age of 14 after 3 appearances for England schoolboys. He made his first team debut (at the age of 18) against Leeds at Roker Park on 16 April 1938. He went on to make 281 league and FA Cup appearances for the club with his final league game being at Sheff Utd on 14 March 1955. Touted many times for an England cap, in season 48-49 he represented the Football League and was then selected for a full England call up on an end of season tour to Europe. Sadly at the time his two young daughters were ill so he stayed at home to look after his family he was never given another chance.... After retiring, he joined the club's coaching staff where he remained until leaving the club in 1969. It is believed he is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wright (police Officer)
Arthur Hobbins Wright (8 April 1861 – 26 January 1938) was a New Zealand policeman and police commissioner. He was born in South Hamlet, Gloucestershire, England in 1861. He was Commissioner of Police from 1 January 1922 until his retirement on 31 January 1926. He died after a short illness in Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ... on 26 January 1938. References 1861 births 1938 deaths New Zealand police officers British emigrants to New Zealand People from Gloucester {{NewZealand-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wright (writer)
Arthur Wright (1870 – 19 December 1932) was an Australian writer best known for his novels set against a background of the sporting world, particularly horseracing, which meant he was often compared during his lifetime to Nat Gould. In his lifetime he was called "Australia's most prolific novelist". Biography Wright was born in the small town of Green Swamp near Bathurst. His family lived in Bathurst, then Cow Flat before moving to Sydney. Wright was educated at Paddington Public School, worked for a sewing machine firm, then went bush for a few years, doing various odd jobs in places like the mines, shearing sheds and railways. He returned to Sydney and worked for the Water and Sewerage Board for eight years. While at the Water Board, Wright began to write in his spare time, and his short stories started appearing in magazines such as ''The Bulletin''. His first novel, ''Keane of Kalgoorlie'' was a big success, launching his career as a novelist. He wrote mainly for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wright (cricketer)
Arthur Edward Hext Wright (7 February 1886 – 13 November 1970) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. The son of the cricketer Edward Wright and his wife Constant Hext, he was born in February 1886 at Georgetown in British Guiana. He was educated in England at the Britannia Royal Naval College, graduating into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant in September 1905. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in June 1908. Wright later appeared in a single first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1914. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 30 runs in the navy first-innings by Hervey Lawrence, while in their second-innings he made a half century, scoring 57 runs before being dismissed by Francis Wyatt. He served in the Royal Navy in the First World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in July 1916. Following the war, Wright was awarded the Distinguished Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wright (speedway Rider)
Arthur Wright (14 October 1933 – 7 November 2016) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team. Speedway career Wright was a leading speedway rider in the 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship. Wright rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Bradford Tudors. After seven seasons with Bradford he joined Oxford Cheetahs in 1958 before going on to ride for Belle Vue Aces. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1955 – London, Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Sta ... – 10th – 6pts Family His brother-in-law Arthur Forrest was also a speedway rider who reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur E
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text '' Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th century Romano-British general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem '' Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a matter of debate and the poem only survives in a late 13th century manuscript entitled the Book of Aneirin. A 9th-century Breton landowner named Arthur witnessed several charters collected in the '' Cartulary of Redon''. The Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur F
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th century Romano-British general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a matter of debate and the poem only survives in a late 13th century manuscript entitled the Book of Aneirin. A 9th-century Breton landowner named Arthur witnessed several charters collected in the '' Cartulary of Redon''. The Irish borro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Williams Wright
Arthur Williams Wright (September 8, 1836 – December 19, 1915) was an American physicist. Wright spent most of his scientific career at Yale University, where he received the first science Ph.D. awarded outside of Europe. His research, which ranged from electricity to astronomy, produced the first X-ray image and experimented with Röntgen rays. He also proved instrumental in securing funding for the first dedicated physics laboratory building in the United States, the Sloane Physical Laboratory. Biography Wright was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, to Jesse Wright and Harriet Williams. He attended Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut, then graduated from Yale College in 1859. In 1861, he completed a dissertation on satellite mechanics at Yale under the direction of Hubert Newton, although by the 1960s, the full text of the dissertation was believed to be lost. For his work, Wright, received a Ph.D., one of the first three awarded by an American university. The other two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cory-Wright
Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet (18 November 1869 – 21 April 1951) was a British businessman. He was the son of Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet, and Mima Owen. He was educated at Harrow School and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1891 with a BA and with an MA in 1896.Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 907 He was a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Middlesex and Hertfordshire. In 1892 he became a partner in the family firm of William Cory & Son, coal factors, steamship owners, etc., of London. At that time his father was the Company's senior partner. When William Cory & Son was floated as a limited liability company in 1896, Arthur Cory-Wright joined the Board of Directors when his father was elected its first Chairman. Arthur Cory-Wright became Chairman on the death of his father in 1909. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |