About J. F. C. Wright
Lived 1904 – 1970 (aged 65–66). J. F. C. Wright was a Canadian historian.
James Frederick Church Wright (1904–1970) was a Canadian journalist and historian, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1940 Governor General's Awards for Slava Bohu, a historical account of Canada's Doukhobor community.
Born in Wiltshire, England in 1904 to Canadian parents who were travelling there, he was raised in Minnedosa, Manitoba. He married Diana Kingsmill in 1944 while living in Ottawa,
Wright's later books included All Clear, Canada! (1944), Co-operative Farming in Saskatchewan (1949), Saskatchewan's North (1953), Saskatchewan: The History of a Province (1955), Prairie Progress: Consumer Co-operation in Saskatchewan (1956) and The Louise Lucas Story: This Time Tomorrow (1965).
He committed suicide in 1970.
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Who was J. F. C. Wright?
Canadian writer
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J. F. C. Wright was born in 1904 in Wiltshire.
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J. F. C. Wright died in 1970.
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J. F. C. Wright was a historian.
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J. F. C. Wright was Canadian.
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