Mary Tappan Wright
Mary Tappan Wright | |
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Wright, c. 1894 | |
| Born | Mary Tappan December 14, 1851 |
| Died | August 25, 1916 (aged 64) |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1887–1912 |
| Notable works | Aliens (1902) |
Mary Tappan Wright (December 14, 1851 – August 25, 1916) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her acute characterizations and depictions of academic life. She was the wife of classical scholar John Henry Wright and the mother of legal scholar and utopian novelist Austin Tappan Wright and geographer John Kirtland Wright.