Theodore Paul Wright

Theodore Paul Wright

Theodore Paul Wright (May 25, 1895 – August 21, 1970) was a U.S. aeronautical engineer and educator. Born in Galesburg, Illinois, he served as acting president of Cornell University in 1951.

His brothers were the geneticist Sewall Wright, and the political scientist Quincy Wright.

T. P. Wright is famous for the discussion of the learning curve in aircraft industry. [Wright, T.P., Factors Affecting the Cost of Airplanes, "Journal of Aeronautical Sciences", 3(4) (1936): 122-128.]

Awards

*Wright Brothers Medal – 1930

References

External links

* http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/wright_t.html


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