Background
Wright, Sewall was born on December 21, 1889 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip Green and Elizabeth Quincy (Sewall) Wright.
Wright, Sewall was born on December 21, 1889 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip Green and Elizabeth Quincy (Sewall) Wright.
Bachelor of Science, Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1911. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1912. Doctor of Science, University Illinois, 1961.
Doctor of Science, Harvard, 1915. Doctor of Science (honorary), Harvard, 1951. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Rochester, 1942.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale, 1949. Doctor of Science (honorary), Knox College, 1957. Doctor of Science (honorary), Western Res, University, 1958.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1959. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1965. Doctor of Laws, Michigan State University, 1955.
Senior animal husbandsman in animal genetics, Bureau Animal Industry, USDA, 1915-1925;
associate professor zoology, University of Chicago, 1926-1929;
professor, University of Chicago, 1930-1937;
Ernest D. Burton distinguished service professor, University of Chicago, 1938-1954;
Leon J. Cole professor genetics, University of Wisconsin, 1955-1960;
professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, 1960-1988. Hitchcock professor University of California, spring 1943. Fulbright professor of University Edinburgh,1949-1950.
President X International Congress of Genetics, 1958.
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Member National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Statistical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists (president 1944), American Society Naturalists (president 1952), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Genetic Association, Genetics Society of America (president 1934), Society for Study of Evolution (president 1955), American Society Human Genetics, Biometric Society, Royal Society London (foreign member), Royal Danish Academy Sciences and Letters (foreign member). Correspondent member Zoological Society (London). Honorary member Royal Society Edinburgh, Genetical Society London, University Club (Madison).
Married Louise Lane Williams, September 10, 1921. Children: Richard, Robert, Elizabeth Quincy (Mistress John Rose).