Background
He was born in Mapperley Hall in 1795, the first child of Ichabod Wright (1767–1862) and Harriet Maria Day (d1843) and the eldest of their three sons and ten daughters.
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Ichabod Charles Wright
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Wright studied at Eton College (1808-1814) and pursued further education in Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with second-class Bachelor honours in 1817 and Master of Arts in 1820, holding an open fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1819 to 1825.
Career
He is best known for his translation of important works of Italian literature, notably the works of Dante"s Divine Comedy. Wright indulged in much scholarly study alongside his profession and in the 1830s developed a passion for Italian literature and a thirst for the language. He translated the works of Dante, notably Divina commedia in three instalments, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, which earned him critical acclaim.
These were published by Messrs.
Longmans in 1833, 1836, and 1840 respectively and reprinted in a second edition in 1845. They were dedicated respectively to Lord Brougham, Archbishop Howley, and his father-in-law Lord Denman who also shared an interest in Italian literature.
He proceeded to publish works related to his profession and in 1841 he published Thoughts on Currency, and in 1847, Evils of the Currency. In 1855 he published The War and our Resources, and in 1865 he published a translation of the Iliad of Homer in blank verse, translated between 1859 and 1864.
In 1864 he wrote A letter to the Dean of Canterbury, on the Homeric lectures of Matthew Arnold.
Matthew Arnold was a distinguished professor of poetry at the University of Oxford. His final work A Selection of Psalms in Verse was written in 1867, although many of his poems were printed privately after his death in 1873. Ichabod Charles Wright died on 14 October 1871 at Heathfield Hall, Burwash, Sussex.
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Conservative Party