Mary Tappan Wright

Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her acute characterizations and depictions of academic life. She was the wife of classical scholar John Henry Wright and the mother of legal scholar and utopian novelist Austin Tappan Wright and geographer John Kirtland Wright.

14 December 1851

Born on the same birth day (14 December): Abbe Lane • Anne Conway (philosopher) • Bill Buckner • Diana Gansky • Ellen Willis • Falk Balzer • Gordon Greer • Josh Fields (infielder) • Stan Smith • Walter Rangeley

Born in the same month (December 1851): Asa Griggs Candler • Henry Carter Adams • Knut Wicksell • Melvil Dewey • Thomas C. McRae