Wheelwright (disambiguation)
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Wheelwright may refer to:
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Occupation:
- WheelwrightWheelwrightA wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels. The word is the combination of "wheel" and the archaic word "wright", which comes from the Old English word "wryhta", meaning a worker or maker...
, a person who builds or repairs wheels
People:
- Edmund M. WheelwrightEdmund M. WheelwrightEdmund March Wheelwright was one of New England's most important architects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and served as city architect for Boston, Massachusetts from 1891-1895....
(1854-1912), American architect - Edward Lawrence WheelwrightEdward Lawrence WheelwrightEdward Lawrence Wheelwright was a notable Australian economist, radio host and anti-war activist who taught at the University of Sydney from 1952 until 1986...
(1921-2007), Australian economist and political theorist, - Horace William WheelwrightHorace William WheelwrightHorace William Wheelwright was an English hunter, naturalist and writer who spent many years of his life in Australia and Sweden....
(1815-1865), English naturalist and writer - John WheelwrightJohn WheelwrightJohn Wheelwright was a clergyman in England and America.-Early life:...
(1592–1679), English clergyman and early American settler - John Brooks WheelwrightJohn Brooks WheelwrightJohn Brooks Wheelwright was an American poet from a Boston Brahmin background. He belonged to the poetic avant garde of the 1930s and was a Marxist, a founder-member of the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party in the United States...
(1897–1940), American poet - Philip WheelwrightPhilip WheelwrightPhilip Ellis Wheelwright was an American philosopher, classical scholar and literary theorist.He is best known for two books in the field of literary criticism, The Burning Fountain: a Study in the Language of Symbolism and Metaphor and Reality , and his book on early Greek philosophy, The...
(1901-1970), American philosopher - Piast the WheelwrightPiast the WheelwrightPiast Kołodziej was a semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland , the founder of the Piast dynasty that would rule the future Kingdom of Poland.- Legend and aftermath :...
, legendary figure who founded the Piast dynasty of Poland - William WheelwrightWilliam WheelwrightWilliam Wheelwright was a businessman who played an essential role in the development of steamboat and train transportation in Chile and other parts of South America...
(b.1798), American businessman
Places:
- Wheelwright, KentuckyWheelwright, KentuckyAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,042 people, 203 households, and 146 families residing in the city. The population density was 598.0 people per square mile . There were 236 housing units at an average density of 135.4 per square mile...
, city in Floyd County, Kentucky, USA - Wheelwright, MassachusettsWheelwright, MassachusettsWheelwright is a village in the town of Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, about 20 miles northwest of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. Named after George W. Wheelwright who owned the paper mill around the turn of the 20th century...
, village in the Town of Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA - Wheelwright, Santa Fe, city in General López DepartmentGeneral López DepartmentThe General López Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province...
, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Other:
- Worshipful Company of WheelwrightsWorshipful Company of WheelwrightsThe Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England. An organisation of Wheelwrights and Coachmakers petitioned for incorporation in 1630. The petition was granted forty years later, in 1670, when a Royal Charter was granted to the Wheelwrights...
, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England - Wheelwright HallWheelwright HallWheelwright Hall is a dormitory at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States named for the founder of the town, John Wheelwright. The dormitory was constructed during the massive building program initiated during the 1920s and 1930s by Eighth Principal Lewis Perry....
, dormitory at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA - Wheelwright Museum of the American IndianWheelwright Museum of the American IndianThe Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is a museum devoted to Native American arts. It is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was founded in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, who came from Boston, and Hastiin Klah, a Navajo singer and medicine man....
, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
See also
- Wainwright (disambiguation)
- Cartwright (disambiguation)
- Wright (disambiguation)Wright (disambiguation)Wright an occupational surname originating in England, meaning worker or shaper of wood.Wright or Wrights may also refer to:-Places:United States*Wright, Florida*Wright, Kansas*Wright, Minnesota*Wright, New York*Wright, Wyoming...