Austin Tappan Wright
Austin Tappan Wright | |
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| Born | August 20, 1883 Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Died | September 18, 1931 (aged 48) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Occupation | Legal scholar, author |
| Period | 1915–1931 |
| Notable works | Islandia (1942) |
Austin Tappan Wright (August 20, 1883 – September 18, 1931) was an American legal scholar and author, best remembered for his major work of Utopian fiction, Islandia. He was the son of classical scholar John Henry Wright and novelist Mary Tappan Wright, the brother of geographer John Kirtland Wright, and the grandfather of editor Tappan Wright King.