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| | William Janes Wright |
 | | WRIGHT, William Janes, mathematician, born in Weybridge, Vermont, 3 August, 1831. |
 | | Wright has published "Tracts on Higher Mathematics," including treatises on determinants, trilinear co-ordinates, and invariants (London, 1875-'9).--His wife, Julia McNair, author, born in Oswego, New York, 1 May, 1840, was the daughter of John McNair, a well-known civil engineer, whose father emigrated from Scotland in 1798. |
 | | She was educated at private schools and academies, married Dr. Wright in 1859, and has devoted her life mainly to literary work. |
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