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Birth
Sewall Green Wright was born to parents Philip Green Wright and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall Wright (some sources cite the pair as a pair of first cousins, ironically due to Wright's future research and inbreeding) in Melrose, Massachusetts.
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Galesburg
After father, Phillip Wright accepted a teaching position at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois the family moved there when Sewall was very young.
Pictured is one of the many buildings on campus at Lombard.
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High School Graduation
Wright graduated from Galesburg High School at the end of the 1905-1906 academic year.
Pictured is a photograph of the modern face of Galesburg High School.
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BSc Mathematics
Lombard College
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Science Doctorate
Harvard University
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University of Chicago
Professor of Genetics
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Evolution in Mendelian Populations
This paper established that under different unique pressures the prevelence of certain alelles will become less extensive due to environmental differences.
Pictured is the campus of the University of Chichago, where Wright taught at the time of this works publishing.
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World War II
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University of Wisconsin
Professor of Genetics
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Death
Wright died shortly after an accidental fall he sustained while retired at 99 years of age in Madison, Wisconsin.
Pictured is an aireal view of Madison, not having changed much since the late 1980s.
