Background
Wright was born in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England, to Colonel Charles Wright and Harriet, née Frere.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-Volume II
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Authorised Version of the English Bible 1611: Volume 1, Genesis to Deuteronomy
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The Authorised Version of the Bible, commonly known as the King James Bible, was first published in 1611. The most widely accepted rendering of the Scriptures for four hundred years, the 1611 Bible has become a classic of the English language, and countless of its original phrases have passed into standard idiomatic English. Most present-day editions incorporate conservative modernisations of spelling and punctuation introduced over a century and a half by subsequent editors and printers: the text that is commonly available is that of the 1769 revision, not that of 1611. There were two printings undertaken by Robert Barker, the King's printer in that year, and there are many variations between these two issues. This edition, produced by the Cambridge scholar William Aldis Wright in the early twentieth century, accurately and uniquely represents the original text in a clear and readable form, together with a list of the variations between the two printings of 1611 - a feature that no conventional facsimile edition can offer.
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The Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare I (Great Books of the Western World, Volume 26)
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A General View of the History of the English Bible
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Authorised Version of the English Bible 1611: Volume 4, Apocrypha
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The Authorised Version of the Bible, commonly known as the King James Bible, was first published in 1611. The most widely accepted rendering of the Scriptures for four hundred years, the 1611 Bible has become a classic of the English language, and countless of its original phrases have passed into standard idiomatic English. Most present-day editions incorporate conservative modernisations of spelling and punctuation introduced over a century and a half by subsequent editors and printers: the text that is commonly available is that of the 1769 revision, not that of 1611. There were two printings undertaken by Robert Barker, the King's printer in that year, and there are many variations between these two issues. This edition, produced by the Cambridge scholar William Aldis Wright in the early twentieth century, accurately and uniquely represents the original text in a clear and readable form, together with a list of the variations between the two printings of 1611 - a feature that no conventional facsimile edition can offer.
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William Wright
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In 1833, after officer training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Wright served with the 50th Regiment in New Zealand and on Norfolk Island. He sold his army commission in 1838 and trained as a surveyor in New South Wales. He joined the New South Wales Survey Department under Major Thomas Mitchell on 27 July 1838.
Wright became commissioner of crown lands for the Wellington District on 13 June 1843, and then, in late 1846, for the Wimmera.
He was appointed chief commissioner of the goldfields on 1 May 1852 by Lieutenant-Governor Charles Louisiana Trobe. Wright was later appointed a police magistrate in the Jamieson district.
This position he retained until he was appointed secretary for railways on 29 July 1862. Wright acted in this latter capacity for a number of years, giving general satisfaction to the successive responsible heads of the department, and proving himself an efficient public officer
When the previous sheriff of Victoria, Claud Farie, died in 1871, Wright, by his own request, was appointed to the position, which he continued to hold up to the time of his death.
Wright married Mary Meek on 28 August 1866. He died in Brighton, Victoria at the home of George Higinbotham sometime on the morning of 1 February 1877 after dining there the previous night, and was buried in Street Kilda Cemetery.
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He edited the plays of Shakespeare published in the " Clarendon Press" series, also with W. G. Clark the " Cambridge " Shakespeare (1863-1866; 2nd ed. 1891-1893) and the " Globe" edition (1864).
He published (1899) a facsimile of the Milton MS. in the Trinity College library, and edited Milton's poems with critical notes (1903).
Works
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The Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare I (Great Books of the Western World, Volume 26)
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Authorised Version of the English Bible 1611: Volume 1, Genesis to Deuteronomy
(The Authorised Version of the Bible, commonly known as th...)
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Authorised Version of the English Bible 1611: Volume 4, Apocrypha
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A General View of the History of the English Bible
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-Volume II
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- The Works of William Shakespeare. Volume 8 only.
- 1611 Bible-KJV: Volume 1: Genesis to Deuteronomy 1611 BIBLE-KJV: VOLUME 1: GENESIS TO DEUTERONOMY By Wright, William Aldis ( Author )Sep-23-2010 Paperback
- 1611 Bible-KJV: Volume 2: Joshua to Esther 1611 BIBLE-KJV: VOLUME 2: JOSHUA TO ESTHER By Wright, William Aldis ( Author )Sep-23-2010 Paperback
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The Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare I (Great Books of the Western World, Volume 26)
Membership
Wright appointed as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council on 29 August 1853 and held that position until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.
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Australia