Von Wright Explained
The von Wright family (in Swedish pronounced as /fɔnˈvrɪkt/[1]) is a Swedish and Finnish noble family founded by the Scotsman George Wright, who emigrated from Dundee to Narva in Swedish-ruled Estonia, in the mid-17th century,[2] [3] Wright's grandsons (and their descendants) by his son Henrik would acquire the nobiliary particle von Wright.
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References
- Web site: Uttal av finlandssvenska efternamn - Institutet för de inhemska språken.
- Book: Von Wright, Georg Henrik . The Philosophy of Georg Henrik von Wright . 1989 . La Salle, Ill. : Open Court . 978-0-87548-372-6 . Schilpp . Paul A. . Paul Arthur Schilpp . . 3 . Georg Henrik von Wright: Intellectual Autobiography . Around the year 1650, the earliest known members of my family had to leave Scotland because, it is said, they had sided with King Charles against Cromwell. They settled in Narva in Estonia, which was then a province under Swedish rule. Georg(e) Wright there begat Henrik Wright, who fought in the armies of Charles XII and after a long and eventful life died in his home in Finland, another part of the old Swedish realm. Henrik Wright's son Georg Henrik was, together with his three other sons, raised to noble rank after the royal coup d'etat of 1772. This was how the odd combination of 'von' and 'Wright' originated. . Georg Henrik von Wright . Hahn . Lewis E . https://archive.org/details/philosophyofgeor0000unse/page/n24/mode/1up . registration . Internet Archive.
- Web site: Georg Wrightin jälkeläisiä. suvut.genealogia.fi. 24 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720181246/http://suvut.genealogia.fi/wrights/JohanPetterWrightinjaNilsWrightinjalkelaisia.pdf. 20 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
