Background
Albert Hazen Wright was born on August 15, 1879, in Hilton, New York, to parents Delos C. Wright and Emily Hazen.
Albert Hazen Wright was born on August 15, 1879, in Hilton, New York, to parents Delos C. Wright and Emily Hazen.
Albert Hazen Wright attended Hilton High School and Brockport Normal School, and upon graduating high school, enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he studied herpetology. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell in vertebrate zoology in 1908.
He did a great deal of study of the Okefenokee Swamp. Albert Hazen Wright died on July 5, 1970, in Ithaca, New York, at the age of ninety. The handbooks were finally published in 1957 and outline over 300 species.
Perhaps Wright"s most notable work is that which was completed between 1921 and 1922 at Okefinokee Swamp in Georgia.
As a result, Wright authored the book Life-Histories of the Frogs of Okefinokee Swamp, which he originally intended to be used as a reference source for teachers and students alike. lieutenant outlined the reproductive process of various amphibian communities native to the swamp.
A recent edition of this work contains a foreword by J. Whitfield Gibbons. Furthermore, he also worked with Frances Harper, a scientist who researched the culture behind Okefinokee Swamp.
In addition to herpetology, Wright was also interested in genealogy and researched the Wright family, as well as the history of Cornell University.
He was also an honorary member of the International Ornithological Congress.