“ WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810–1877) , English antiquary, was born near Ludlow, in Shropshire, on the 21st of April 1810. He was descended from a Quaker family formerly living at Bradford, Yorkshire. He was educated at the old grammar school, Ludlow, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1834. While at Cambridge he contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine and other periodicals, and in 1835 he came to London to devote himself to a literary career. ”

“ Autobiography of Thomas Wright (1736–1797) , his grandfather (1864) ; History of Caricature (1865, 4to) ; Womankind in Western Europe (1869, 4to) ; Anglo-Latin Satirical Poets of 12th Century (1872, 2 vols., “Rolls” series) . ”