George Newenham Wright

George Newenham Wright, (c1794–1877), was an Irish writer and Anglican clergyman. He was born in Dublin; his father, John Thomas was a doctor. He graduated B.A. from Trinity College in 1814 and M.A. in 1817.^[1] He married Charlotte Mulock in 1819.

He held several curacies in Ireland before moving to St Mary Woolnoth, London.^[1]

By 1851, he was a teacher of classics, resident in Windsor with his wife. In 1861 he noted having a number of pupils boarding with him at Frome. By 1863 he was master of Tewkesbury grammar school.^[1]

He died on 24 March 1877 at Pierrepont Street, Bath.^[1]

From the 1820s to the 1840s Wright published some minor topographical works and schoolbooks on subjects ranging from the Greek language to biography and philosophy. There were several on Ireland, two of which have illustrations by George Petrie.^[1]

Works

• A Historical Guide to the City of Dublin (1825)
• The Rhine, Italy, and Greece
• A Guide to the Lakes of Killarney (1822)
• Scenes in North Wales ISBN 9780217545129
• A Guide To The County Of Wicklow (1827)
• Ireland Illustrated (1831)
• China (Allom, Thomas, Illustrator) Fisher, Son & Co., London (1843)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} D. J. O'Donoghue, ‘Wright, George Newenham (1794/5–1877)’, rev. Elizabeth Baigent, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

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