Henry T. Wright
{{short description|American archeologist and educator (born 1943)}}
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Henry Tutwiler Wright (born 1943) is an American archeologist and educator. Wright has had significant contributions to the field of archaeology through his fieldwork, publications, and teaching. He serves as the Albert Clanton Spaulding Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, and Curator of Near Eastern Archaeology in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He is also an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and a member of the Santa Fe Institute's Science Board.
Biography
Henry T. Wright was born March 29, 1943, in Annapolis, Maryland. His mother was Anne St. Clair Wright, an Annapolis historical preservationist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-09-20-1993263048-story.html|title=Anne St. Clair Wright, Annapolis preservationist|last=Daemmrich|first=JoAnna|date=1993-09-20|website=baltimoresun.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}} He earned a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan (1964), and a Ph.D. degree in Near Eastern archaeology from University of Chicago (1967).
Wright has conducted fieldwork in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Madagascar, eastern North America and the American Midwest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/182/|title=Henry T. Wright|website=MacArthur Foundation|access-date=2019-10-16}} From 1968 until 1978, he researched Mesopotamia in Iran.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archaeological.org/grant/gold-medal-award/|title=Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement|date=2009|website=Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)|access-date=2019-10-16}}
Awards
- 2009 – Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement, Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
- 1994 – Elected Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
- 1993 – MacArthur Fellows Program{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eALkAAAAMAAJ|title=Faculty News|publisher=University of Michigan (UM), College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)|year=1992|volume=16-19|pages=78}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/15/us/a-1993-macarthur-award-adds-new-joy-to-a-singer-s-hallelujahs.html|title=A 1993 MacArthur Award Adds New Joy to a Singer's Hallelujahs|last=Teltsch|first=Kathleen|date=1993-06-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
Publications
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=O1LF3icXOLIC&dq=Henry+T.+Wright&pg=PA373 "Agent Based Modeling of Small-Scaled Societies"], Dynamics in human and primate societies: agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes, Editors Timothy A. Kohler, George J. Gumerman, Oxford University Press US, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-19-513168-0}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=tJIaaXIFF-4C&dq=Henry+T.+Wright&pg=PA183 "James Bennett Griffin"], Biographical Memoirs, Volume 90, National Academies Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-309-12148-4}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120327101439/http://en.scientificcommons.org/henry_t_wright "Henry T. Wright"], Scientific Commons
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Category:American anthropologists
Category:University of Michigan faculty
Category:University of Michigan alumni
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences