Wright, W. P. (Wesley Pratt), 1828-1893

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Wright, W. P. (Wesley Pratt), 1828-1893

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        1828-1893

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        Rev. Wesley Pratt Wright was born on April 14, 1828, in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York.

        He was a clergyman, educator, and amateur geologist. He studied at Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, and taught there from 1854 to 1856. He was also a preacher in charge of the Evanston Methodist Church. He later moved to Ontario and served as a Professor of Natural Sciences and Classics at Wesleyan Female College, Hamilton, Ontario. In the 1880s, he moved to California. He was a corresponding council member of the Hamilton Association for the Cultivation of Literature, Science and Art.

        In 1856, he married Minerva Scott (1828–1863), and in 1868, he married Mary Ann Coady (1837–1907). He died on July 3, 1893, in Los Angeles, California.

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