| Authorised form of name | Wright; Thomas (1809 - 1884) |
| Dates | 1809 - 1884 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 09 November 1809 |
| Date of death | 17 November 1884 |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Research field | Palaeontology |
| Activity | Education:
Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin (qualified 1832). MD (1846, St Andrews)
Career:
Articled to his brother-in-law, a surgeon in Paisley; after qualifying set up in practise in Cheltenham; Surgeon, General Hospital, Cheltenham; collected Jurassic fossils
Memberships:
FRSE; FGS (1859)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1879 |
| Relationships | Married: 1) Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Vincent May of Liverpool; 2) (1845) Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Tristram Ricketts |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/20463267 |
| Code | NA6495 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1879/22 | Wright, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/11/383 | Letter from Thomas Wright, St Margarets Terrace, Cheltenham, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 June 1879 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |