Austin Wright
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Austin McGiffert Wright was a novelist, literary critic and professor emeritus of English at the University of Cincinnati
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, son of the geographer John Kirtland Wright
and Katharine McGiffert Wright, and namesake of his uncle, Austin Tappan Wright
, writer of the utopian novel, Islandia (novel)
. He graduated from Harvard University
in 1943. He served in the Army (1943–1946). He graduated from the University of Chicago
, with a master's degree in 1948, and a Ph.D. in 1959.
He married Sara Hull Wright, in 1950. They had three children: Joanna Wright (died 2000), Katharine Wright of Berkeley, CA, and Margaret Wright, and two granddaughters, Madeline Giscombe and Elizabeth Perkins.
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
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Life
He grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New YorkHastings-on-Hudson, New York
Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in the southwest part of the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 7,849. It lies on U.S. Route 9, "Broadway" in Hastings...
, son of the geographer John Kirtland Wright
John Kirtland Wright
John Kirtland Wright was an American geographer, notable for his cartography, geosophy, and study of the history of geographical thought. He was the son of classical scholar John Henry Wright and novelist Mary Tappan Wright, and the brother of legal scholar and utopian novelist Austin Tappan...
and Katharine McGiffert Wright, and namesake of his uncle, Austin Tappan Wright
Austin Tappan Wright
Austin Tappan Wright was an American legal scholar and author, best remembered for his major work of Utopian fiction, Islandia...
, writer of the utopian novel, Islandia (novel)
Islandia (novel)
Islandia is a classic novel of utopian fiction by Austin Tappan Wright, a U. C. Berkeley Law School Professor. Written as a hobby over a long period of time, it was posthumously edited down by a third by his wife and daughter, and first published in hardcover by Farrar and Rinehart in 1942, eleven...
. He graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1943. He served in the Army (1943–1946). He graduated from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, with a master's degree in 1948, and a Ph.D. in 1959.
He married Sara Hull Wright, in 1950. They had three children: Joanna Wright (died 2000), Katharine Wright of Berkeley, CA, and Margaret Wright, and two granddaughters, Madeline Giscombe and Elizabeth Perkins.
Novels
- Camden's Eyes Doubleday, 1969 (review http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/22/books/books-times-novel-within-novel-ex-wife-who-both-reads-learns.html?pagewanted=1)