Researching Arnold Wright
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The name Arnold means "Eagle power" and is of German origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arnold Wright and the Wright Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Arnold Wright
Arnold Wright
Arnold Wright (1858–1941) was from 1888 to 1900 the London editor of the Yorkshire Post.
He was trained for journalism under his father, and in 1879 he went to India to take work on the Times of India.
In Australia he was private secretary to Anna Brassey and was on board the Sunbeam when she died. After her death he was involved in the production of her posthumously published work The Last Voyage.
After leaving the Yorkshire Post he wrote and edited a number of travel reference books, notably the Twentieth Century Impressions series. He visited Ceylon in 1906, to complete that edition of the series.
Wright was also the part author of Parliament, Past and Present
In 1933 he was awarded a Civil list pension in recognition of his literary work.
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