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Thomas Wright (astronomer)
English polymath
For other uses, see Thomas Wright (disambiguation).
Thomas Wright (22 September 1711 – 25 February 1786) was an Englishastronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer.
He was the first to describe the shape of the Milky Way and to speculate that faint nebulæ were distant galaxies.
Thomas wright biography
Early life
Wright was born at Byers Green in County Durham being the third son of John and Margaret Wright of Pegg's Poole House.[1] His father was a carpenter.[2] He was educated at home as he suffered from speech impediment and then at King James I Academy.
In 1725 he entered into clock-making apprenticeship to Bryan Stobart of Bishop Auckland, continuing to study on his own. He also took courses on mathematics and navigation at a free school in the parish of Gateshead founded by Dr.
Theophilus Pickering. Then, he went to London to study mathematical instrument-making with Heath and Sis