Background
Wright, Hamilton Mercer was born on December 29, 1875 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hamilton M. and Anne Dana (Fitzhugh) Wright.
Wright, Hamilton Mercer was born on December 29, 1875 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hamilton M. and Anne Dana (Fitzhugh) Wright.
Student University of Michigan, 1895, University of Colorado, 1896, Bachelor of Laws, 1899.
Instructor Law School, University of Southern California, 1899-1900. On staffs Los Angeles Times, Herald, Saturday Post uhtil 1903. With Bureau Information California Promotion Committee, 1903-1905.
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Pacific Commercial Museum in Philippine Islands, 1905-1906. Editor Overland Monthly, 1907. Staff San Francisco Examiner, 1907-1911.
Editor in chief San Francisco Exposition, 1911-1915 (gold medal of honor).
Toured Central and South. America, contributing to Pan-American Union, 1916-1917. Correspondent in France, 1918.
Information director Florida East. Coast Railway, 1922-1929, City of Miami, 1927-1931, Government of Egypt, 1932-1940, 1947-1949. Atlantic Coast Lincolnshire Railroad, 1940-1942.
President Hamilton Wright Organization, publicizing Canadian industries, 1942-1947.
Editing, distributing news reels for British government, 1944-1946, state of Florida, 1946, Prize ring (The), 1948-1952, government of Chile, 1949-1951, commonwealth of Puerto Rico, since 1948, government of Venezuela, since 1951. Vice president Florida State Chamber of C., 1931-1932, 33, 34. Toured Nile Valley Basin (studying government irrigation scheme), 1933-1935.
Married Cora Elizabeth Pease, 1900. Children: Hamilton Mercer, Eugene Pease, Richard William