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Wright, Joseph Jefferson Burr
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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Wright, Joseph Jefferson Burr (1801–1878) U.S. army medical officer. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In 1833 he joined the army as as assistant surgeon, and served the next seven years at frontier outposts. During the second
Seminole War he developed new techiques to use quinine to combat malaria. Wright skillfully administered hospitals for both
Zachary Taylor and
Winfield Scott in Mexico, contributing significantly to American success there. During the first year of the
Civil War, Wright served as the medical director for the Departments of the Ohio and of the Missouri, but he spent most of the conflict as the surgeon at
Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania. After the war the post became a training center for the Army Hospital Corps, and he became one of its instructors. Wright retired as a colonel in 1876 and died in Carlisle.
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Liverpool honours work of Derby artist Joseph Wright ; Former Derbeian Peter Saunders was proud to discover that an exhibition of works by Derby's own Joseph Wright was being staged in Liverpool at the launch of the city's year as European Capital of Culture, the artist being attributed with transforming Liverpool "from an artistic backwater" - as Peter, left, now living on The Wirral, describes here.
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph; 2/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...works by Derby's own Joseph Wright was being staged in Liverpool...famed Lime Street: "Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool...insecure man of business. Wright paints him sitting and...distinguished Derby architect Joseph Pickford. Burdett, famed...
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Joseph L. Wright Dies at 64; Directed Agency That Fights Alcohol, Drug Abuse
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/4/2000; 520 words
; Joseph L. Wright, 64, retired executive director of the...licensed drug and alcoholism counselor, Mr. Wright was a member of the Alcohol and Drug Problems...marriage, Pamela Wright, Michael Wright, Joseph Wright, Vicky Wright, Karen Wright...
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Wright in Liverpool: Hugh Belsey welcomes an illuminating exhibition on a turning-point in Joseph Wright's career.(Liverpool, England)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joseph Wright of Derby, energetic...Britain in 1990, shows Wright to be a variable artist...that perhaps, like him, Wright took compositional ideas...suffix 'of Derby' to Joseph Wright's name) started...
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Joseph Wright of Derby: the artist of the Enlightenment had a little known stay in Liverpool which helped shape his art, and this is the focus of a new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, as Peter Furtado discovers.(FRONTLINE)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Revolution under way, are those of Joseph Wright (1734-97). His stunning candlelight...before them. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wright spent most of his career in his home...and philosopher Erasmus Darwin. Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool runs...
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FCC on a roll with Wright. (Federal Communications Commission Deputy General Counsel Christopher Joseph Wright)(Column)
Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable; 7/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...cable rate regulation. Wright was involved in every...litigating the order." Wright and Kennard have doubled...much easier to defend, Wright says. "The best brief...Wright. Christopher Joseph Wright Deputy General...77; law clerk, Judge Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court...
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Obituary: Joseph Wright Champion of the independent pharmacist
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...all aspects of retail business, Joseph Wright led the struggle for survival of...branches, is now in membership. Joe Wright's career as a pharmacist began...anniversary when he died. Edward Boden Joseph Wright, pharmacist: born
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Panamsat CEO Joseph Wright Confident About Company's Future.(Interview)
Newspaper article from: Satellite News; 4/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...officially over, Panamsat Corp. CEO Joseph Wright sat down with Satellite News Editor...was the IPO priced in that range? Joseph Wright: First of all, the investment...any given day since the IPO... Joseph Wright: Yes, but it also has been...
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Shedding a Light on 18th Century Science: The Works of Joseph Wright of Derby
Magazine article from: JOM; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; INTRODUCTION Joseph Wright of Derby painted portraits of intellectuals, industrialists...shortened simply to The Alchymist (Figure 3), earned Wright acclaim as a painter of 1 8th century science. Wright's art will have greater exposure later this year...
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Giant Joseph Wright figure found a home
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph; 3/5/2009; 325 words
; A Giant figure of artist Joseph Wright has been given A new home. It has...in the atrium of Derby College's Joseph Wright Centre. Staff answered a plea...and performing arts manager at the Joseph Wright Centre, said: "We were delighted...
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Joseph Wright Joins Cereus Board of Directors; Industry Veteran Was Also Director of Office of Management and Budget.
PR Newswire; 1/21/2000; 700+ words
; ...B2B applications, announced today that Joseph R. Wright, Jr. has joined the company's Board of Directors. Wright, 61, is Chairman of GRC International...technology, Internet and software systems. Wright has been the Chairman of the Board and...
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Joseph Wright
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Wright 1756-93, American portrait painter...Bordentown, N.J., son of Patience Lovell Wright. He studied under Benjamin West in London...the prince of Wales (later George IV). Wright worked briefly in Paris, where he knew...
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Wright, Joseph Jefferson Burr
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Wright, Joseph Jefferson Burr (1801–1878...techiques to use quinine to combat malaria. Wright skillfully administered hospitals for both...During the first year of the Civil War , Wright served as the medical director for the...
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Wright, Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Wright, Joseph (1734–97). Painter, known as Wright of Derby, where he was born and spent most of his life...Bird in the Air Pump (1768, Tate). Although in 1775 Wright failed to replace Gainsborough in Bath, some of his...
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Patience Lovell Wright
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Patience Lovell Wright 1725-86, American sculptor, b. Bordentown, N.J., mother of Joseph Wright. Her portraits, modeled in wax, were the earliest recorded attempts at sculptural expression in the American colonies. They were highly...
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The 1950s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: People in the News
Book article from: American Decades
THE 1950s: LIFESTYLES AND SOCIAL TRENDS: PEOPLE IN THE NEWS On 12 April 1956 Mrs Joseph Wright Alsop, wid-owed mother of columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop, married Francis W. Cole, retired chairman of the board of Travelers Insurance...
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