Wright, Thomas, (1711-1786), Astronomer Architect and Antiquary

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Surname:	Wright
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1711-1786
Biography:	ODNB link for Wright, Thomas (1711-1786) Astronomer Architect and Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P151625 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P31311 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for Thomas Wright

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	papers (8 vols)	Newcastle City Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2	autobiography and notes rel to Druidian, Roman, Saxon and Irish antiquities	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 15627-28, 33771
3	papers rel to astronomy, cosmology and meteorology	Durham University Library and Collections	Thomas Wright MSS	NRA 40744 Wright
4	1737: The Universal Vicissitude of Seasons; c1750: Pansophia	Durham University Library and Collections	Add MSS 168 and 322
5	c1773-86: unpublished MS 'A new theory of the Earth founded upon and more fully explaining the universal phenomenon of earthquake; Effects of the magnet and doctrine of tides'	Durham University Library and Collections	WRM	See Annual Return 2003
6	1735-74: papers read to Royal Society	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7	c1750-55: plans and drawings rel to Badminton House and estate	Gloucestershire Archives	D4629	NRA 6282 Somerset
8	2017: research on Thomas Wright of Durham created by Jean-Marie Deconnick	Durham University Library and Collections