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John Henry Wright

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American classical scholar (1852-1908)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1852 to 1908 · aged 56
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John Henry Wright was an American classical scholar born at Urumiah (Rezaieh), Persia. He earned his Bachelors (1873) and Masters (1876) at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. After junior appointments in 1886 he joined Johns Hopkins as a professor of classical philology.

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Young age photograph of John Henry WrightYoung age photograph of John Henry WrightTitle page of A History of All Nations from the Earliest Times Volume 1 (1905 edition)Title page of A History of All Nations from the Earliest Times Volume 1 (1905 edition)Wright met Vivekananda in Boston in August 1893. About Vivekananda, he commented - "Here is a man who is more learned than all our learned professors put together."Wright met Vivekananda in Boston in August 1893. About Vivekananda, he commented - "Here is a man who is more learned than all our learned professors put together."

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John Henry Wright was an American classical scholar born at Urumiah (Rezaieh), Persia. He earned his Bachelors (1873) and Masters (1876) at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. After junior appointments in 1886 he joined Johns Hopkins as a professor of classical philology. In 1887, he became a professor of Greek at Harvard, where, from 1895 to 1908, he was also Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

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Lived 1852 to 1908 · aged 56
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