Background
Wright, Benjamin Fletcher was born on February 8, 1900 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Blandford) Wright.
Wright, Benjamin Fletcher was born on February 8, 1900 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Blandford) Wright.
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, University Texas, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1925. Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1950, Mount Holyoke College, 1958, U. Pittsburgh, 1962.
Doctor of Letters, American International College, 1958.
; children—David, Janet (Mistress Paul East. Jones, Junior). Instructor government University Texas, 1922-1924, Adjunct Professor, 1925-1926. Instructor government Harvard, 1926-1928, assistant professor, 1928-1940, associate professor 1940-1945, professor 1945-1949, department chairman government, 1942-1946, Chairman of Commission on general education, 1946-1949.
President Smith College, 1949-1959.
Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1959-1960. Professor government University Texas, 1960-1976.
Lowell lecturer, Boston, 1947. Member of faculty Salzburg Seminar on American Studies, 1947, 49.
Bacon lecturer Boston University, 1957.
Jefferson Memorial lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1964. Visiting professor government Harvard, 1966-1967.
Served with infantry United States Army, 1918. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Am Political Science Association.
Married Alexa Rhea, 1926 (deceased. Children: David, Janet (Mistress Paul East. Jones, Junior.