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C. Conrad Wright

1917 – 2011

American writer

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Lived 1917 – 2011 (aged 93). C. Conrad Wright was an American writer, congregationalist and unitarianism.

Charles Conrad Wright (February 9, 1917 – February 17, 2011) was an American religious historian and scholar of American Unitarianism and congregational polity. He served on the faculty of Harvard Divinity School from 1954 to 1987 and continued to write for another decade. During his life, Wright was considered the authority on Unitarian church history and polity as well as the history of the Divinity School.

Early life and education Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Wright was the son of Charles Henry Conrad Wright, a professor of French at Harvard. A Unitarian himself, he was a member of First Parish in Cambridge, the Unitarian Universalist congregation associated with Harvard. His son, Conrad Edick Wright, is a historian of New England.

He attended Browne and Nichols School, then graduated from Harvard College in 1937 before receiving an MA in 1942 and a PhD in 1946 from Harvard.

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Harvard University, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
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Harvard Divinity School
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Who was C. Conrad Wright?

American writer

When was C. Conrad Wright born?

C. Conrad Wright was born on 19 February 1917 in Cambridge.

When did C. Conrad Wright die?

C. Conrad Wright died on 17 February 2011.

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C. Conrad Wright was a writer, congregationalist and unitarianism.

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C. Conrad Wright was American.

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· Wikidata: Q19845114

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