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Joseph Wright

Born

in Thackley, Yorkshire, England

October 31, 1855

Died

February 27, 1930

Genre

Languages, Linguistics, Nonfiction

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Joseph Wright FBA was an English philologist who rose from humble origins to become Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University.

Wright was born in Thackley, near Bradford in Yorkshire, the seventh son of Dufton Wright, a woollen cloth weaver and quarryman, and his wife Sarah Ann (née Atkinson). He started work as a "donkey-boy" in a quarry at the age of six, leading a donkey-drawn cart full of tools to the smithy to be sharpened. He later became a bobbin doffer – responsible for removing and replacing full bobbins – in a Yorkshire mill in Sir Titus Salt's model village. Although he learnt his letters and numbers at the Salt's Factory School, he was unable to read a newspaper until he was 15. He later said of this time, "Reading ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 50 ratings · 10 reviews · 44 distinct works

	Grammar of the Gothic Language by Joseph Wright, O.L. Sayce 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1910 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Primer of the Gothic Language, with Grammar, Notes, and Glossary 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1899 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old English Grammar 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1908 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Middle High German Primer 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1899 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elementary Middle English Grammar by Joseph Wright, Elizabeth Mary Wright 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1928 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Dialect Dictionary 6 Vols it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1898 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Old High German primer, with Grammar, Notes, and Glossary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1906 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A grammar of the dialect of Windhill, in the West Riding of Yorkshire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The English Dialect Dictionary: D-g really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historical German Grammar liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1907 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars