Mary Tappan Wright
American novelist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916) was an American novelist[1][2] and short story writer best known for her acute characterizations and depictions of academic life. She was the wife of classical scholar John Henry Wright[3][4][5][6][7] and the mother of legal scholar and utopian novelist Austin Tappan Wright and geographer John Kirtland Wright.[5]
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Born | Mary Tappan (1851-12-14)December 14, 1851 Steubenville, Ohio |
Died | August 25, 1916(1916-08-25) (aged 64) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1887–1912 |
Notable works | Aliens (1902) |
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