Ernest Haynes Wright

Background

Wright, Ernest Haynes was born on November 27, 1935 in Hastings, Sierra Leone. Son of Dunstan John and Victoria Rachael (Coker) Wright.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, University Hull, England, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University Hull, England, 1961.

Career

Demonstrator, U. Hull, 1958-1961; research fellow, U. Bristol, England, 1963; lecturer chemistry, Fourah Bay College, U. Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1961-1965; senior lecturer, Fourah Bay College, U. Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1965-1968; associate professor, Fourah Bay College, U. Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1968-1971; professor, Fourah Bay College, U. Sierra Leone, Freetown, since 1971. Visiting professor U. Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 1981-1982. Chief examiner in chemistry West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia, 1971-1991.

External examiner U. Ghana, Cape Coast, Benin, Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo and Zimbabwe, 1973-1990. External assessor for appointments U. Lagos, Ghana, Ibadan, Ife and Benin, 1970-1995. Fellow U. Sierra Leone Research Council, since 1986, now president.

Achievements

• Ernest Haynes Wright has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive member of national county United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Freetown, 1994. Member National Constitutional Commission, Freetown, 1990-1991, National Science and Technology Commission, Freetown, since 1992. Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (England, chartered, research fellow 1963).

Member Commonwealth Science Council, 1985-1995, professors World Peace Academy (president Sierra Leone branch since 1989).

Connections

Married Virginia Dorothy Gooding, July 4, 1963. Children: Mofikpara Aureolus, Ernestine Abioseh, Olayinka Dorothy.

Father:

Dunstan John Wright

Mother:

Victoria Rachael (Coker) Wright

Spouse:

Virginia Dorothy Gooding

child:

Ernestine Abioseh Wright

child:

Olayinka Dorothy Wright

child:

Mofikpara Aureolus Wright