Книга: Elizur Wright «Politics And Mysteries Of Life Insurance (1873)»
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Elizur Wright
Elizur Wright (
Mathematics career
In 1829 he became Professor of Mathematics at
In the spring of 1852 an insurance broker "placed an advertising booklet in his hand... Elizur Wright looked it over and perceived quickly enough that no company could undertake to do what this one pretended to and remain solvent. The booklet served him for an editorial," and he embarked on a successful crusade to reform the insurance industry.
He developed
He invented a form of cylindrical
Abolitionist
Wright's Early Life
Wright was part of a devout Christian family who held anti-slavery beliefs and instilled in him a strict moral character. In 1826, Wright graduated from Yale and began to teach, first in Groton, Massachusetts, then at Hudson, Ohio as a mathematics and philosophy professor at Western Reserve College. It was during this time that Wright first encountered the writings of
The Anti-Slavery Society
Along with Lewis Tappan,
Wright edited a large number of publications, including "The Emancipator" and the Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine." He was also involved in "The Great Postal Campaign," a project whose job was to distribute abolitionist material across the country. The Anti-Slavery Society was successful in recruiting agents throughout the country to spread their message, but when Garrison and others began to broaden the scope of the Society to include women's rights and took on an anti-religion, anti-government tone, Wright and others objected and began to split from the Society in 1840.
Participation in the Liberty Party
Wright became involved with the newly created
Public parks
He initiated and promoted plans for making
External links
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8ffab10h.htm The Fables of La Fontaine] , translated by Elizur Wright; Project Gutenberg text.
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/7camb10.txt Cambridge Sketches] by Frank Preston Stearns; has a section on Elizur Wright.
* [http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~gsimon/Wright01.pdf Actuary Hall of Fame] contains a brief account of Wright's life.
References
Citation
last = Appletons
first = Encyclopedia
title = Elizur Wright
url=http://virtualology.com/apelizurwright/
accessdate = 2008-03-01
Citation
last = James
first = Brewer
title = Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery
url=http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-00861.html
accessdate = 2008-03-01
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