Background
Wright, Theodore Francis was born on August 3, 1845 in Dorchester. Son of Edmund and Sarah Augusta Wright.
Wright, Theodore Francis was born on August 3, 1845 in Dorchester. Son of Edmund and Sarah Augusta Wright.
Graduated from Harvard, 1866, Master of Arts, 1869, Doctor of Philosophy, 1891. Graduate New Church Theological School (then at Waltham, Massachusetts), 1868.
Served in Union Army, 1864-1865. First lieutenant 108th regiment United States colored troops. Ordained to ministry of Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), 1869.
Dean Theological School of the New Church, Cambridge, since 1889.
Honorary general secretary for United States, and authorized lecturer Palestine Exploration Fund. President East End Christian Union of Cambridge, Vice-President Associated Charities.
Editor New Church Review, Boston. Author: The Realities of Heaven, 1888.
Life Eternal: The Human and Its Relation to the Divine, 1892.
Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Served in Union Army, 1864-1865. First lieutenant 108th regiment United States colored troops. Ordained to ministry of Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), 1869.
Married Harriet South. Chapman, 1868 (died 1877). Married second, 1880, Pamelia Keith, 1880.