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Harvard mourns the loss of one of her most faithful servants. John Henry Wright, professor of Greek and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, passed away at his residence in Cambridge, on Wednesday, November...
Professor John Henry Wright, Dean of the Graduate. School of Arts and Sciences, died of heart disease at his home Wednesday afternoon. The funeral services will be held tomorrow in Appleton Chapel at 12 o'clock. The regular morning prayers at Appleton Chapel today will take the form of a memorial service to Dean Wright and Professor Bartlett...
...Dean Wright was born at Urumjah, Persia, in 1852. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873, and three years later received from Dartmouth the degree of A. M. From 1876 until 1878 he was a student of classical philology and Sanskrit at Leipzig University, where he was the fellow student and intimate friend of the late Professor Minton Warren. In 1878 he became associate professor of Greek at Dartmouth; and in 1886 professor of classical philology at Johns Hopkins. The following year he became professor of Greek at Harvard, and was later made chairman of the division of ancient...
...made Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and held that position until his death. Under the guidance of Dean Wright, the Graduate School has attained a position of great importance. His personal interest in the individual students has been one of his most marked qualities. During the last few years his failing health has prevented his continuing his literary career, and he has devoted his entire time to the Graduate School...
...following appreciation of Dean Wright's work and character was written at the request of the CRIMSON by Professor Herbert Weir Smyth...