Edward Wright

Edward Wright

Edward Wright can refer to:

*Edward Wright (mathematician) (1561–1615), an English mathematician and cartographer who was the first to explain the mathematics of the Mercator projection.
*Gordon Wright (Edward Gordon Dundas Wright) (1884–1947), an English footballer.
*Edward L. (Ned) Wright, an American astrophysicist and cosmologist.
*E. M. (Edward Maitland) Wright (1906–2005), an English mathematician.


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  • Edward Wright — (* unbekannt; getauft 8. Oktober 1561 in Garveston; † November 1615 in London) war ein englischer Mathematiker und Kartograph. Er legte in seinem Buch „Certaine Errors in Navigation“ (deutsch etwa: „Fehler der (See )Navigation“), das er im Jahr… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward Wright — La navigation suivant une loxodrome permettait, à défaut de trouver la longitude, de naviguer à la boussole sur une ligne de cap constant. Dans la projection de Mercator, les loxodromes sont des lignes droites. Edward Wright, né en 1558, † en… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Edward Wright (mathematician) — For the 20th century mathematician, see Edward Maitland Wright. Edward Wright Title page of the first edition of Wright s Certaine Errors in Navigation (1599) …   Wikipedia

  • Luke Edward Wright — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Luke Edward Wright order=43rd title=United States Secretary of War term start=July 1, 1908 term end=March 4, 1909 president=Theodore Roosevelt predecessor=William Howard Taft successor=Jacob M. Dickinson… …   Wikipedia

  • Luke Edward Wright — (* 29. August 1846 in Giles County, Tennessee; † 12. November 1922 in Memphis) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker, Generalgouverneur der Philippinen und Kriegsminister. Bereits als 15 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas Edward Wright — Captain Thomas Edward Wright, soldier and penal administrator, of the 39th Regiment was the third commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from August 1827 to 1828.He is reported, by Aaron Price, a convict turned Constable… …   Wikipedia

  • James Edward Wright — Pour les articles homonymes, voir James E. Wright et Wright. James Edward Wright (né en 1939 à Madison (Wisconsin)) est depuis 1998 le 16e président du Dartmouth College, une université américaine située à Hanover dans le New Hampshire. Il a… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wright (Familienname) — Wright ist ein englischer Familienname. Herkunft und Bedeutung Das englische Wort wright bedeutet so viel wie „Handwerker“, in Zusammensetzungen meist als „ macher“ oder „ bauer“ (z. B. Schiffbauer) übersetzt. Bekannte Namensträger… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward Perceval Wright — (1834 , Donnybrook 1910) was an Irish ophthalmic surgeon, botanist and zoologist.Family, education and careerHe was the eldest son of barrister, Edward Wright and Charlott Wright. Edward was educated by a private tutor, and was taught natural… …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Fortescue Wright — CMG (born 11 March 1858 in Coburg, Chudleigh, Devon, murdered on 23 November 1904 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a Gloucestershire cricketer who emigrated to the West Indies. He was a right handed batsman and a round arm right hand fast bowler. He was …   Wikipedia

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