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George Hand Wright (1872–1951) was an American painter, illustrator and printmaker.

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16-3121: George Wright may refer to: Politics, law and government [ edit ] George Wright (MP) (died 1557), MP for Bedford and Wallingford George Wright (governor) (1779–1842), Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island George Wright (jurist) (1917–1975), Australian judge George Wright (lawyer) (1847–1913), Solicitor General for Ireland George Wright (trade unionist) , National Secretary of Australian Labor Party George F. Wright (1881–1938), American politician, mayor of Honolulu George G. Wright (1820–1896), United States senator from Iowa George Melendez Wright (1904–1936), American biologist, National Park Service George Merrill Wright (1865–?), American businessman and politician George Washington Wright (1816–1885), United States congressman from California George Wright (Jamaican politician) , Jamaican member of parliament Sports [ edit ] George Wright (sportsman) (1847–1937), American baseball player/manager, also active in golf and tennis George Wright (footballer, born 1919) (1919–?), English football goalkeeper George Wright (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2000), English football player George Wright (footballer, born 1969) , Scottish football player (Heart of Midlothian FC) George Wright (New Zealand footballer) , New Zealand international football (soccer) player George Wright (American football) (born 1947), NFL player George Wright (outfielder) (born 1958), American baseball player George Wright (triple jumper) (born 1963), Canadian triple jumper George Wright (infielder) (1882–?), pre-Negro leagues baseball player George Wright (bowls) (1893–1949), English bowls player Bert Wright (footballer) (George Albert Wright, 1920–2000), English soccer player Others [ edit ] George Wright (artist) (1860–1944), British artist noted for his sporting and coaching scenes. George Wright (bishop) (1873–1956), Anglican bishop George Wright (fugitive) (born 1943), Portuguese criminal, alleged hijacker of Delta Air Lines Flight 841 in 1972 George Wright (general) (1803–1865), American soldier and Civil War General George Wright (organist) (1920–1998), American organist George Wright (priest) , Anglican priest in Ireland George Wright (psychologist) (born 1952), British psychologist George Caleb Wright (1889–1973), American architect G. Ernest Wright (1909–1974), American biblical scholar and archaeologist George Frederick Wright (1838–1921), American geologist and professor George Hand Wright (1872–1951), American painter, illustrator and printmaker George Henry Wright (1849–1912), Nova Scotian businessperson, social reformer and Titanic victim George Newenham Wright (c. 1794–1877), Anglo-Irish author and Anglican clergyman G. S. Wright (George Speller Wright, 1845–1935), South Australian banker [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

32-631: A blacksmith, he attended the Spring Garden Institute , a local technical school, and was apprenticed to a lithographer. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Robert Vonnoh , where his classmates included Robert Henri , John Sloan and William Glackens . He moved to New York City , and his first illustration appeared in Scribner's Magazine in 1893. He illustrated

48-453: A number of books, and his work soon appeared regularly in magazines such as Scribner's, Harper's , Collier's , The Saturday Evening Post , and others. He married Anne Boylan, and in 1907 they settled in Westport, Connecticut . He became one of the founders of its artistic community. In mid-career, he turned from commercial illustration to watercolors, pastels and etchings. He exhibited at

64-630: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency) Wallingford was a parliamentary constituency in England , represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It

80-790: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, the Society of American Etchers, and a number of New York galleries. He was a member of the Society of American Etchers, the Society of Illustrators , the Salmagundi Club and the Westport Artists. In 1939, he was elected to the National Academy of Design . Wright died in Westport in 1951. The Library of Congress has

96-559: The Wallingford Castle precincts, which had previously been excluded, and all or part of a dozen neighbouring parishes including Benson and Crowmarsh , and part of Cholsey . This change of boundaries almost trebled the population, but the effect on the electorate was much smaller. According to the reports on which the Reform Act was based, Wallingford had about 300 men qualified to vote in 1831 (though no more than 230 had ever voted in

112-598: The hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872). Percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote. Sources (unless otherwise indicated): (1754–1784) Namier and Brooke; (1790–1831) Stooks Smith; (1832–1880) Craig. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from

128-455: The 19th century Wallingford was regarded as one of the worst of the rotten boroughs , and Oldfield recorded in 1816 that the price of a vote was 40 guineas . The 1831 census found the borough had a population of about 2,500, and 485 houses. Under the Reform Act 1832 , the constituency was allowed to survive and to keep one of its two MPs, but the boundaries were considerably extended, taking in

144-424: The 19th century was divided into four parishes. The franchise was limited to (male) inhabitants paying scot and lot , a local tax. Namier and Brooke estimated that the number of electors in the mid-18th century was about 200; but the number fluctuated considerably with the fortunes of the town, which had no manufacturing interests and considerable unemployment at some periods. There were never enough voters to avoid

160-517: The latter group presumably paid scot and lot within the old boundaries and could have voted before the Reform Act.) In 1868 the franchise was further extended and there were 942 registered electors, but the constituency was much too small to survive the Third Reform Act , and was abolished with effect from the general election of 1885 . The constituency was mostly included in the new Berkshire North or Abingdon county constituency , but Benson and

176-583: The other parts of the extended borough on the Oxfordshire side of the Thames were placed in the Oxfordshire South or Henley division of that county. Electoral system: The block vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at

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192-456: The other sources this is indicated in a note after the result. Swing: Positive swing is from Whig/Liberal to Tory/Conservative. Negative swing is from Tory/Conservative to Whig/Liberal. 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s Notes:- George Hand Wright Born in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the son of

208-400: The previous thirty years). Yet despite the widening of the right to vote, which preserved the ancient right voters of the borough while adding new electors on an occupation franchise, there were only 453 names on the 1832 electoral register for the extended borough. (Stooks Smith records that 166 of these claimed their vote as scot and lot payers, while 287 qualified as £10 occupiers; but many of

224-503: The risk of corruption, and systematic bribery generally prevailed, with anything up to 150 votes being bought and sold at any one election. (In 1754, Thomas Sewell , one of the Whig candidates, spent over £1000 of his own money and not only was this reimbursed from the "secret service" funds but the government spent further money unsuccessfully attempting to secure him a seat in Wallingford. ) By

240-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Wright&oldid=1216819953 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

256-572: Was a parliamentary borough created in 1295, centred on the market town Wallingford in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire ). It used to return two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons; this was cut to one in 1832, and the constituency was abolished in 1885. The town of Wallingford is now within the constituency of Wantage . Before 1832 the borough consisted only of the town of Wallingford, which by

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