Background
Wright, G. Patton was born on June 18, 1946 in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Leitch and Louise (Patton) Wright.
Wright, G. Patton was born on June 18, 1946 in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Leitch and Louise (Patton) Wright.
AB, Duke University, 1968. Master of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, 1977.
Teacher, A.L. Brown High School, Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1968-1969;
teacher, Indiana High School, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1969-1971;
teaching assistant, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973-1976;
instructor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976-1977;
assistant Professor of English, Eastern Illinois U., Charleston, 1977-1983;
associate professor, Eastern Illinois U., Charleston, 1983-1989;
Fulbright lecturer, U. Warsaw, Poland, 1987;
lecturer, writing programs, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989-1991. Copyeditor University of California Press., Berkeley, Los Angeles, 1989-1991. Editor Cambridge (Massachusetts) Wordwright.
Editor, writer Wordworks, Inc., Boston.
Member Thomas Stearns Eliot Society (board directors 1987-1990), Virginia Woolf Society.