* N. T. Wright, Colossians and Philemon, Tyndale IVP, 1986 ( ISBN 0-8028-0309-1 )

It was founded on the north shore of the Ottawa River in 1800 by Philemon Wright at the portage around the Chaudière Falls just upstream ( or west ) from where the Gatineau and Rideau Rivers flow into the Ottawa.

It was founded on the north shore of the Ottawa River in 1800 by Philemon Wright at the portage around the Chaudière Falls just upstream ( or west ) from where the Gatineau and Rideau Rivers flow into the Ottawa.

Philemon Wright ( September 3, 1760-June 3, 1839 ) was a farmer and entrepreneur who founded Wrightstown, the first permanent settlement in the National Capital Region of Canada.

Philemon Wright, Founder of the City of Gatineau.

Raised as a farmer, Philemon Wright, as a young man, was thrust into service for two years with the rebel forces in the first years of the American Revolution.

Although he and his family spent their lives as lumber barons, Philemon Wright was always a farmer at heart.

These included the Gatineau Farm, near Leamy Lake, the site of the original clearing by the Wright expedition in 1800, where stood Philemon Wright's first home, called " The Wigwam ".

This farm was used to raise animals and operate a distillery, and was directed by Sarah Wright, the widow of Philemon Jr., who had died in 1821.

There was Philemon Sr .’ s farm at the Chaudière, where Wright built his second ( Standish Hall ) and third homes ( The White House ).

Philemon Jr. had also established a farm at Lac Deschênes in Aylmer and after his tragic death, in 1821, in a stagecoach accident, it came under the supervision of Charles Symmes, a nephew of Wright Sr. As well, there were additional Wright farms along the Aylmer Road, Mountain Road, and on both shores of the Gatineau River.

Philemon Wright is regarded as the founder of both the cities of Ottawa and of Gatineau.

Philemon Wright High School in Gatineau is named after him.

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The couple had one daughter, who married a descendant of Philemon Wright.

* Philemon Wright, Canadian farmer

Ruggles Wright ( 1793 – August 18, 1863 ) was a Canadian lumber merchant, the youngest son of Philemon Wright.

On 2 Nov. 1826 a marriage license was issued to Sparks and Sally Olmstead, widow of Philemon Wright Jr.

Philemon Wright and his descendants played an important role in the development of the lumber industry in the Gatineau valley.

He attended Philemon Wright High School in Hull, Quebec while playing for the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL.

* Philemon Wright ( 1830 – 1834 )

Scott married Nancy Louisa Wright, a granddaughter of Philemon Wright, in 1850.

* Kelvin Mwikya, founder of Philemon Ministries

Arthur Philemon Coleman, a geologist and explorer who between 1884 and 1908 made eight trips of discovery to the Canadian Rockies, was named Honorary Vice-President.

Arthur Philemon Coleman ( April 4, 1852 – February 26, 1939 ) was a Canadian geologist and academic.

She attended Philemon Wright High School in Hull, Quebec.

Along with Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

Along with contemporaries Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Tony Banks of Genesis, and Rick Wakeman of Yes, Emerson is widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era.

Owing to his uncompromising stance as an upholder of Ulster loyalism and opposition to the Northern Ireland peace process, Wright is regarded as a cult hero, icon, and martyr figure by hardline loyalists.

He was hostile to Lord Jeffreys, and regarded the future Chief Justice, Sir Robert Wright, as utterly unfit for any judicial office.

She also criticised Wright who, according to her, by the time she knew him well was " a man with an obsession, and was regarded by many as quite mad and certainly dangerous "; she alleged that he was a disruptive and lazy officer, who as special advisor to the Director had a habit of taking case files that interested him off other officers, failing to return them to their proper place and failing to write up any interviews he conducted.

Martin stated that while Wright exaggerated the certainty with which they regarded Hollis's guilt, Peter Wright was justified in saying that Hollis was the most likely candidate, for the reasons Wright had given.

In 1967 Wright and Jackson found at Wroxeter a stone in a Sub-Roman context ( dating to c. 460-475 AD ) with the inscription CUNORIX MACUS MAQVI COLINE, which translates as " Cunorix (' Hound-king ' = Cynric ) son of Maqui-Coline (' Son-of-Holly '), both of which are regarded as Irish personal names.

Maxis founder Will Wright likens them to " digital dollhouses.

In May 2007, he accompanied Robyn Hitchcock and Ruby Wright in performing the song " Gigolo Aunt " at a tribute for Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett in London, which he did on mandolin .< ref >

Billy Wright was the founder and leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force ( LVF ).

Zinn collaborated with historian Staughton Lynd mentoring student activists, among them Alice Walker, who would later write The Color Purple ; and Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children ’ s Defense Fund.

The name of the post office was changed to Kempton in 1878, when the village was founded and named after its founder, Wright Kemp.

* Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund

Mannerheim was also of Scottish ancestry on his paternal side, his ancestor George Wright ( the founder of the Von Wright line of Finnish nobility ) having emigrated from Dundee to Sweden in the 17th century.

However, in September 2006 the AEC announced it would name the seat after John Flynn, the founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, due to numerous objections from people fearing the name Wright may be linked to disgraced former Queensland Labor MP Keith Wright.

In 1982, conservative activists Howard Phillips, founder of The Conservative Caucus, and Clymer Wright of Houston joined in an unsuccessful effort to convince Reagan to dismiss Baker as Chief of Staff.

Notable Vassar alumni include first black graduate Anita Florence Hemmings ( 1897 ), poet Edna St. Vincent Millay ( 1917 ), computer pioneer Grace Hopper ( 1928 ), poet Elizabeth Bishop ( 1934 ), physician Beatrix Hamburg ( 1944 ), politician and activist Frances Farenthold, psychiatrist Bernadine P. Healy ( 1965 ), actress Meryl Streep ( 1971 ), CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid ( 1977 ), television personality Andrew Zimmern ( 1984 ), actress Lisa Kudrow ( 1985 ), actress Hope Davis ( 1986 ), musician Mark Ronson, journalist Evan Wright ( 1988 ), writer-director Noah Baumbach ( 1991 ), Flickr founder Caterina Fake ( 1991 ), What Not to Wear host Stacy London ( 1991 ), Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn ( 1996 ), actress Lecy Goranson.

The name " Wrightstown " was declared in 1854 in honor of its founder, Hoel S. Wright.

C. Wright Mills has been called the founder of modern conflict theory.

Roren Thomas, wide receiver for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, Alexander Wright, former American football wide receiver with Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Raiders, St. Louis Rams and current athletic director and head football coach for San Jacinto Christian Academy and founder of Alexander Wright Ministries.

Following behind Wright, Ernst Mayr created many persuasive models to show that the decline in genetic variation and small population size accompanying the founder effect were critically important for new species to develop.

Musicologists like Safi al-Din Urmawi-the founder of the systematist school of music ( Wright 1978 )-and Muhammad al-Khatib Arbîlî who wrote some of the most seminal works on Middle Eastern musicology.

For this reason, today he is considered the founder, or co-founder ( with Quincy Wright and Pitirim Sorokin as well as others such as Kenneth Boulding, Anatol Rapaport and Adam Curle ), of the scientific analysis of conflict ; an interdisciplinary field of quantitative and mathematical social science dedicated to systematic investigation of the causes of war and conditions of peace.

* Robert Oelman-NCR President and founder of Wright State

* Marian Wright Edelman ( born 1939 ), American lawyer and founder of the Children's Defense Fund

; Robert Clyde Packer and Frank Packer, newspaper proprietors, and other members of the Packer family ; members of the Fairfax family, also newspaper proprietors ; John Norton and Ezra Norton and family, also newspaper proprietors ; Frank Clune, author ; Sir Walter Edward Davidson, Governor of New South Wales ; Roy Redgrave, founder of the Redgrave acting dynasty ; Edmund Resch, of the Resch's brewer family ; John Charles Wright, former Archbishop of Sydney ; former Lord Mayor of Sydney Sir Richard Watkins Richards and the architect Howard Joseland.

Whirlpool is an Australian broadband user web site, started in 1998 by founder, Simon Wright.