D30 JOHN HENRY WRIGHT. 



the President of the University. This was due to his cahii and sym- 

 pathetic temperament and good common-sense. 



He occupied the position of leading medical expert in medico-legal 

 cases all over New England and his record as a witness in many 

 important trials won him universal regard in both the medical and 

 legal profession. 



Dr. Wood also found time for many articles in current medical 

 literature, including addresses to medical bodies and participation 

 in the discussions of the medical societies. With Robert Amory he 

 translated the work of Neubauer and Vogel on "Urinary Analysis" 

 and revised that portion of Wharton and Stille on "Medical Juris- 

 prudence" so far as his special line was concerned. In 1874 he was 

 made a member of the commission which investigated the sanitary 

 condition of the water of the Sudbury, Charles and other rivers. 

 He also prepared in 1894 an important paper for the State Board of 

 Health about "Arsenic in its relation to Domestic Life." 



He was a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 

 the Massachusetts Medico Legal Society, the Boston Society for 

 Medical Improvement and the Massachusetts Medical Society. 

 He was also a member of the committee for the revision of the " Phar- 

 macopoeia" in 1880 and chemist to the Massachusetts General 

 Hospital. 



He was a man of the most sterling character and much beloved 

 and respected by all who came in contact with him. 



J. Collins Warren. 



JOHN HENRY WRIGHT (1852-1908) 



Fellow in Class III, Section 2, 1893. 



John Henry Wright, Professor of Greek and Dean of the Graduate 

 School of Arts and Sciences in Harvard University, died at Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts, Nov. 25th, 1908. He was born at Urumyat, Persia, 

 Feb. 4, 1852, the son of Rev. Austin Hazen Wright, a missionary in 

 Persia from 1840 to 1865. He graduated from Dartmouth College 

 in 1873, and became Asst. Professor of Ancient Languages (Greek 

 and Latin) at what is now Ohio State University. In 1876 he re- 



