William Aldis Wright
William Aldis Wright | |
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 William Aldis Wright portrait by Walter William Ouless, 1887 | |
| Born | 1 August 1838 |
| Died | 19 May 1914 (aged 75) |
| Language | Editor |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
William Aldis Wright (1 August 1831 – 19 May 1914), was an English writer and editor.
Wright was son of George Wright, a Baptist minister in
Hebrew Index to 'The Survey of Western Palestine' in 1888.[2] He published a facsimile of the Milton manuscript in the Trinity College library (1899), and edited Milton's poems with critical notes (1903).[3]
He was the intimate friend and
Generydes (1878) for the Early English Text Society,[3] Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum (1–3 vol., 1870–1872), and other texts. His last publication was The Hexaplar Psalter (1911). In 1912 he resigned from the vice-mastership of Trinity College.[4]
He donated a large collection of engravings by his uncle Thomas Higham to the British Museum in 1902.[5]
He is buried in the
Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.[6]
Religious publications
- The Bible word-book; a glossary of archaic words and phrases in the authorised version of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer (1884)
- The Hexaplar Psalter: Being the Book of Psalms in Six English Versions
See also
- Shakespeare's Editors
References
- ^ "Wright, William Aldis (WRT849WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Henry C. Stewardson (Editor) Palestine Exploration Fund The Survey of Western Palestine: A General Index to 1. The Memoirs ..., Volume 1, p. 26, at Google Books
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Wright, William Aldis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 1089.
- ^ "William Aldis Wright". www.britishmuseum.org. British Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ A Cambridge Necropolis by Dr. Mark Goldie, 2000
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wright, William Aldis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 847.
External links
- "Archival material relating to William Aldis Wright". UK National Archives.
- Works by William Aldis Wright at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about William Aldis Wright at Internet Archive
- William Aldis Wright at Find a Grave
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