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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Wright, William (Dr)
Physician
(1735 - 1819)
William Wright was born in March 1735 in Perthshire. In 1756, Wright attended medical lectures at Edinburgh University, but did not obtain a degree. After working for some years as a ship surgeon, Wright received his MD in absentia from St Andrews. Wright left for Jamaica in 1764. Wright is particularly associated with his work on slave plantations, his ownership of enslaved people and his writings defending slavery and racial supremacy. In 1774 he was appointed Surgeon-General of Jamaica. Wright became physician to the army and director of military hospitals in Barbados from 1796 to 1798.
Referred to as: WrightDEP/DUA/1/21/02 DEP/DUA/1/22/05
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Wright, William (Dr)
Physician
(1735 - 1819)
William Wright was born in March 1735 in Perthshire. In 1756, Wright attended medical lectures at Edinburgh University, but did not obtain a degree. After working for some years as a ship surgeon, Wright received his MD in absentia from St Andrews. Wright left for Jamaica in 1764. Wright is particularly associated with his work on slave plantations, his ownership of enslaved people and his writings defending slavery and racial supremacy. In 1774 he was appointed Surgeon-General of Jamaica. Wright became physician to the army and director of military hospitals in Barbados from 1796 to 1798.
Referred to as: Wright
DEP/DUA/1/21/02 DEP/DUA/1/22/05
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Wright, William (Dr)
