Background
Wright, Carroll Davidson was born on July 25, 1840 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Review Nathan R. and Eliza (Clark) Wright.
economist educator statistician
Wright, Carroll Davidson was born on July 25, 1840 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Review Nathan R. and Eliza (Clark) Wright.
Academic education (Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, Tufts. Doctor of Philosophy, Dartmouth. Doctor of Laws, Wesleyan.
Clark, Amherst).
Served in Civil War, private to colonel, 14th New Hampshire (U.S.) Volumes.
Member Massachusetts senate, 1872-1873. Chief Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, 1873-1888. United States Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905.
Also, 1893-1897, completed 11th United States Census.
Honorary professor social economics, Catholic University of America, 1895-1904. Professor statistics and social economics, School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy, Columbian University, 1900.
University lecturer on wage statistics, Harvard University, 1900-1901. President Clark College, Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1902.
President American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1903.
Appointed by President member and recorder United States Anthracite Strike Commission, 1902.
Member Massachusetts senate, 1872-1873. Member of the board of trustees Carnegie Institution (Washington).
Married Caroline East. Harnden, January 1, 1867.