Background
Wright, David Frederick was born on October 2, 1937 in Hayes, Kent, England. Son of Harry George Durie and Dorothy Emily (Forster) Wright.
Wright, David Frederick was born on October 2, 1937 in Hayes, Kent, England. Son of Harry George Durie and Dorothy Emily (Forster) Wright.
Master of Arts, University Cambridge, England, 1961. Doctor of Divinity, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1997.
Lecturer in ecclesiastical history University Edinburgh, 1964-1973, senior lecturer, 1973-1999, professor patristic and reformed Christianity, since 1999. Dean faculty of divinity University Edinburgh, 1988-1992. Member Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1988.
Visiting fellow Hill Monastic Manuscript Library., Collegeville, Minnesota, 1980. Chairman board directors Handsel Press, Edinburgh, 1990—2002. Secretary praesidium International Congress on Calvin Research, 2000-2002.
Chair Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research, United Kingdom, 1987-1999, Evangelical Alliance Commission on Unity and Truth, since 1999. Board directors International Christian College, Glasgow, Scotland, since 1984. Member council Whitefield Institute, Oxford, 1988-2000, Keston (England) College, 1975-1991.
Chair of trustees Rutherford House, Edinburgh, since 1998. Moderator Edinbourgh (Scotland) Presbytery, since 2003. Fellow Royal History Society.
Member Association International d'Etudes Patristiques, North America Patristics Society, Ecclesiastical History Society, Scottish Church History Society (vice president since 2001), Scottish Evangelical Theology Society (chair since 1999), Sixteenth Century, Central Studies Society.
Married Anne-Marie MacDonald, March 27, 1967. Children: Andrew, Jenny.