Almroth Wright
Almroth Wright was a British immunologist, microbiologist, physician, teacher, researcher and writer (1861–1947). He was born at Middleton Tyas and died at Farnham Common.
Also recorded as Sir Almroth Edward Wright; Almroth Edward Wright; A. E. Wright; Almroth E. Wright; Sir Almroth E. Wright; Sir Almroth Wright.
Almroth Wright in brief
- Born
- 1861
- Died
- 1947
- Known for
- immunologist, microbiologist, physician, teacher, researcher and writer
- Place of birth
- Middleton Tyas
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Sir Almroth Edward Wright, Almroth Edward Wright, A. E. Wright, Almroth E. Wright and Sir Almroth E. Wright. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of Charles Henry Hamilton Wright and Ebba Johanna Dorothea Almroth. He married Jane Georgina Wilson. One child is recorded: Leonard Wilson-Wright.
Formation and teaching
Almroth Wright studied at Trinity College, Dublin, Imperial College School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
Career and activity
He was employed by Netley Hospital and St Mary's Hospital. He belonged to Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences and Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. He worked at Australia, Germany and South Africa.
Recognition and collections
Almroth Wright received Fellow of the Royal Society, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Leconte Prize, Buchanan Medal and doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris.
Catalogued works
49 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1900 to 1999.
The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage. On the treatment of acne, furunculosis, and sycosis by therapeutic inoculations of staphylococcus vaccine. Further observations on the rôle of the blood fluids in connection with phagocytosis. A further note on the technique of the quantitative estimation of the bactericidal power of the blood, and (incidentally) on the possible application of such estimations to the standardisation of bacterial vaccine. On some new procedures for the examination of the blood and of bacterial cultures ... On the action exerted upon the staphylococcus pyogenes by human blood fluids. An experimental investigation of the role of blood fluids in connection with phagocytosis. On the action exerted upon the tubercle bacillus by human blood fluids, and on the elaboration of protective elements in the human organism in response to inoculations of a tubercle vaccine. On the foundations of serum therapy. A discourse on Ehrlich's "chemotherapy". On vaccine therapy and immunisation in vitro. On some new methods, devices, and apparatus for the routine and the research laboratory. On pharmaco-therapy and preventive inoculation applied to pneumonia in the African native. A lecture on therapeutic inoculations of bacterial vaccines and their practical exploitation in the treatment of disease. On the possibility of determining the presence or absence of tubercular infection by the examination of a patient's blood and tissue fluids. On the measurement of the bactericidal power of small samples of blood under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and on the comparative bactericidal effect of human blood drawn off and tested under these contrasted conditions. Notes on the treatment of furunculosis, sycosis, and acne by the inoculation of a staphylococcus vaccine. On the conditions which determine the distribution of the coagulation following the intra-vascular injection of a solution of Woolridge's tissue fibrinogen. Biological therapy. Vaccine & serum therapy. Vaccine therapy. Wound infections and some new methods for the study of the various factors which come into consideration in their treatment. Technique of the teat and capillary glass tube. Remarks on methods of increasing and diminishing the coagulability of the blood. On the application of the serum test to the differential diagnosis of typhoid and Malta fever. Wound infections. Pathology and treatment of war wounds. Studies on immunisation. Researches in clinical physiology. On pharmaco-therapy and preventive inoculation applied to pneumonia in the African native, with a discourse on the logical methods which ought to be employed in the evaluation of therapeutic agents. A new method of blood transfusion. Upon a new styptic, and upon the possibility of increasing the coagulability of the blood in the vessels in case of haemophilia and aneurysm and internal haemorrhage. On the conditions which determine the distribution of the coagulation following the intra-vascular injection of a solution of Wooldridge's tissue fibrinogen. Handbook of the technique of the teat and capillary glass tube and its application in medicine and bacteriology. Alethetropic logic. Grocers' research scholarship lectures on some points connected with the pathology and treatment of diabetes. Lecture on tissue- or cell-fibrinogen in its relation to the pathology of blood. On Haffkine's method of vaccination against Asiatic cholera. Triptych Window from the Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois, dated 1912 (removed 1967), clear and colored leaded glass in oak frames, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1986.88. Darwin D. Martin House: "Tree of Life" Window, dated 1904, clear, translucent, and colored glass in brass-coated, copper plated zinc cames, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1972.297. Spindle Cube Chair, dated 1902–6, poplar and leather, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2007.79. Desk, dated 1937–39, steel and maple (later laminated surface), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1972.310. Celery Dish (American Modern Dinnerware), dated 1937–59, earthenware and glaze, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1995.250. Almroth Wright : provocative doctor and thinker / Leonard Colebrook., dated 1954, held by Wellcome Collection. Almroth Wright : founder of modern vaccine-therapy / [Sir Zachary Cope]., dated 1966, held by Wellcome Collection. Almroth Wright at Netley : modern medicine and the military in Britain, 1892-1902 / Michael Worboys., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Wright, Sir Almroth, dated c.1906-1947, held by Wellcome Collection. Writing on Almroth Wright, dated 1947-1959, held by Wellcome Collection. Photographs of Almroth Wright, dated c.1900-c.1940, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 104 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Wright, Sir Almroth Edward (1861–1947), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Wright, Sir Almroth Edward, Dictionary of Irish Biography, 2009. Almroth Wright, The Lancet, 1947. Wright, Almroth Edward, Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, 2001. Sir Almroth Wright, BMJ, 1947. Vaccines from the Spanish Influenza as a firm foundation for new developments, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Principles of microscopy: Being a Handbook to the Microscope (1906) — Internet Archive. The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage (1913) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Almroth Wright studied at Trinity College, Dublin, Imperial College School of Medicine and School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. the recorded working language is English.
Residence is recorded at Australia and Germany. Employment is recorded with Netley Hospital and St Mary's Hospital. Membership is recorded of Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences and Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.
Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Leconte Prize.
Chronology
- 1861Almroth Wright born at Middleton Tyas.
- 1906Principles of microscopy: Being a Handbook to the Microscope digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1913The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1947Almroth Wright died at Farnham Common.
Sources
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- 1.
“Almroth Wright”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q977408: Almroth Wright
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