| Authorised form of name | Vaux; William Sandys Wright (1818 - 1885) |
| Dates | 1818 - 1885 |
| Date of birth | 28 February 1818 |
| Place of death | 102 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London |
| Date of death | 21 June 1885 |
| Research field | Numismatics |
| Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Balliol College, Oxford. BA (1840), MA (1842)
Career:
Staff, Department of Antiquities, British Museum (1841); Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum (1861-1870); catalogued the coins in the Bodleian Library (1871-1876)
Memberships:
FNS (President); RSL; FSA; MRAS; FRGS; Royal Asiatic Society
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1868 |
| Relationships | Son of William Vaux, Prebendary of Winchester; married (1861) Louisa, daughter of Francis Rivington of Harley Street, London |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/22965649 |
| Code | NA6115 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1868/20 | Vaux, William Sandys Wright: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/8/208 | Letter from Wm S W [William Sandys Wright] Vaux, British Museum, to W [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 5 June 1868 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |