Francis Wright (other)
Francis Wright may refer to: * Francis Mastin Wright (1810–1869), Ohio Republican politician * Francis Augustus Wright (1835–1903), Australian politician and merchant sailor * Francis Marion Wright (1844–1917), United States federal judge * Francis Wright (cricketer) (1874–1899), Australian cricketer * Francis Wright (actor) (born 1958), English actor and puppeteer * Francis Wright (academic) (c. 1610–1659), English Church of England clergyman, Oxford don, and schoolmaster * Francis Wright (industrialist) (1806–1873), English industrialist * Felix (musician) or Francis Wright, British DJ and producer See also * Frances Wright (other) * Frank Wright (other) Frank Wright, sometimes but not always an abbreviation of Francis Wright, may refer to: Entertainment * Frank Wright (jazz musician) (1935–1990), free jazz saxophonist * Frank Wright (painter) (born 1932), American painter * Frank Wright Jr. ( ...

Francis Mastin Wright
Francis Mastin Wright (July 14, 1810 – January 16, 1869) was a United States Republican Party, Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was Ohio State Auditor (1856–1860). Francis Wright was born in Frederick County, Virginia, and ended up in Clark County, Ohio, where he was educated in the country schools. He was a merchant in Springfield, Ohio and later Urbana, Ohio. He was elected as a Whig for County Auditor of Champaign County, Ohio, Champaign County.#smith, Smith 1898 : 45 In 1855, as a Republican, he defeated incumbent Democrat William Duane Morgan for Ohio State Auditor,#smith, Smith 1898 : 40 but declined a second term. He returned to Urbana in 1860, and was appointed Internal Revenue Collector by President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln. He resigned in 1867 and died at Urbana January 16, 1869. Notes References

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Francis Augustus Wright
Francis Augustus Wright (1 August 1835 – 1 October 1903) was a merchant sailor, gold miner, carrier and member of the Parliament of New South Wales. Early life Wright was born in London, England to Eliza . His father, also named Frances Augustus Wright, was a Captain of the Royal Navy, and the family emigrated to New South Wales in 1836. Wright went to sea as an apprentice, returning to Australia in 1852 and working in the gold fields of Victoria and New South Wales for three years. He married Alice Marcia Williams on 19 December 1864. Politics In 1873 Wright was elected as an alderman for the Municipality of Redfern, serving until 1887, including a period as He became Mayor of Redfern from February 1882 until February 1885. At a by-election in 1882 he was elected as a member for Redfern in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, He was a friend of Henry Copeland and both were appointed ministers in the Stuart ministryfrom January 1883, with Wright being allocated the ...
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Francis Marion Wright
Francis Marion Wright (August 5, 1844 – July 15, 1917) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois and previously was a judge of the Court of Claims. Early life Born in Adams County, Ohio, Wright was the son of James and Elizabeth (Copple) Wright. He was educated in Bentonville, Ohio and at the Ohio Valley Academy in Decatur, Ohio, and his parents hoped he would study medicine and become a doctor. Military service In 1861, Wright enlisted in the Union Army for the American Civil War, becoming a private in Company I, 39th Ohio Infantry. He advanced through the ranks of corporal, sergeant, and sergeant major before receiving his commission as a second lieutenant, and served in several battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, including the Atlanta Campaign. Wright participated in more than 40 engagements, and was wounded at the Battle of Atlanta. He was discharged at the end of the war in 1865 ...
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Francis Wright (cricketer)
Francis Wright (13 March 1874 – 10 October 1899) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1898. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers References External links * 1874 births 1899 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Sportspeople from Ballarat Cricketers from Victoria (state) {{Australia-cricket-bio-1870s-stub ...
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Francis Wright (actor)
Francis Wright (born 1958) is an English voice actor, puppeteer, and television presenter. He also teaches public speaking and communication skills. Early life Wright was born in St John's Wood, the son of Dr Bedřich Bělohlávek and Joan Wright, and was registered under both names. His father was a Czech bookseller working in London, while his mother was a journalist then working for the BBC as a publicity officer, and both were authors. Wright was educated at Colet Court and St Paul's School, London, then studied drama, graduating with honours. He later noted “I decided to specialise in puppetry, which seemed to be a good way of never being typecast and/or doomed to a life mainly out of work.” Career Wright's work on screen began with ITV Entertainment's '' The Munch Bunch''. After that, he was a leading character in '' You and Me'', a BBC Schools series, in which he played Dibs from 1981 until 1992.
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Francis Wright (academic)
Francis Wright (c. 1610 – c. 5 February 1659) was an English Church of England clergyman, Oxford don, and schoolmaster. Born in Buckinghamshire, Wright was the son of the Rev. Richard Wright, of Everdon, Northamptonshire. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, on 31 January 1628, aged nineteen, graduated BA on 30 April 1629, became a fellow of his college in 1630, and proceeded to MA in 1634.'Wright, Francis', in Joseph Foster Joseph Foster may refer to: * Joseph Foster (politician) (born 1959), American politician in New Hampshire *Joseph Foster (genealogist) (1844–1905), English genealogist *Joey Foster (born 1982), British racing driver *Slaughter Joe (born 1960), B ..., ed., '' Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714'' (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1674-1697 This was at a time when most academics at Oxford were obliged to lead celibate lives in college and had to resign if they wished to marry. In 1646, Wright was appointed by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers as Master of Sir ...
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Francis Wright (industrialist)
Francis Wright JP DL (21 December 1806 – 24 February 1873), was a British industrialist and philanthropist. Early life Wright was born on 21 December 1806, at Lenton Hall, Nottingham, the son of John Wright and Elizabeth Beresford. The Wrights were a landed family, supposedly of Genoese origin, first settling in East Anglia and then in Nottinghamshire and, later, Derbyshire. Their line can be traced back to John Wright (alias Camplyon) of Stowupland, who lived in the sixteenth century. The name Camplyon is thought to have been anglicised from the Italian Camplioni. Wright's great-grandfather, Ichabod Wright (1700-1777) had set up Wright's bank, in Long Row, Nottingham, which in 1918 became part of Lloyds bank. As the second son, Wright was set to spend life as a banker; however, on the premature death of his elder brother John in Italy in 1828, his father altered his will, making Francis his primary heir. Butterley Company In 1792, Wright's father and William Jessop ...
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Felix (musician)
Felix (born Francis Reuben Wright) is a British producer and DJ. He is known for his hit track " Don't You Want Me" and his underground house project "The Party Crashers". Life and career Felix was born in Chelmsford, Essex. His passion for music began early with a love of Soul & Funk from the "Street Sounds" compilations and the House Sound of Chicago. At the age of 15, after exploring a brief interest in Hip Hop, he decided to create his own music and began getting involved with DJing. After a handful of releases, Felix's 1992 track " Don't You Want Me" changed his career. In an interview with AXS celebrating the track's 23 year release, Felix said he "was working a 9-to-5 job when the song first came out. It was just such a massive, massive hit.It caught a lot of people off guard and it changed islife completely because ejumped into it full-time... making music, then touring, DJing, and producing." The track, which sampled Jomanda's "Don't You Want My Love" (remixed b ...
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Frances Wright (other)
Frances Wright was a writer and reformer. Frances Wright may also refer to: * Frances Claudia Wright (1919–2010), Sierra Leonean lawyer * Frances Kazan, née Frances Wright *Frannie Wright on ''Holiday Ranch'' *Frances Wright, political candidate for Calgary Centre *Frances Woodworth Wright (1897–1989), American astronomer See also *Frank Wright (other) Frank Wright, sometimes but not always an abbreviation of Francis Wright, may refer to: Entertainment * Frank Wright (jazz musician) (1935–1990), free jazz saxophonist * Frank Wright (painter) (born 1932), American painter * Frank Wright Jr. ( ...