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{{Pioneers}}
== Images ==
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File:P008731.jpg|Front row, 1st right
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== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Details
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| 1876 || Born
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| 1901 || Geologist
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| 1910 || Transferred to Ireland
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| 1921 || District Geologist
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| 1921 || Transferred to England
|}

== Biographies and obituaries ==

Jones, R.C.B. Obituary - William Bourke Wright. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society v. 96  1940.

J. K. C. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/25532991?seq=1 William Bourke Wright. 1876-1939]. The Irish Naturalists' Journal, vol. 7, no. 9, 1940, pp. 250-253. JSTOR.

William Bourke Wright Mem. Proc. Manchester Lit. Phil. Soc. (Manchester mem.) vol 83, x-xii

== Publications ==
[https://envirolib.apps.nerc.ac.uk/olibcgi?infile=authk.glue&style=authk&nh=20&calling_page=hitlist.glu&key=72708 '''125 works listed in the BGS Library catalogue''']

== BGS archives ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Ref No  !! Title  !! Description 
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| GSM/GL/Pc/12  || Letter from Peach to W B Wright || Relates to a fossil similar to Anthrapalaemon Serratus
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| GSM/GL/Wr  || W B Wright || W B Wright was born in Ireland in 1876. He joined the Geological Survey of Britain and Ireland...
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| GSM/GL/Wr/1  || Letters From W B Wright to F L Kitchin || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/2  || Letters From W B Wright || Letters to J S Flett 1911 (1), Letters to F L Kitchin 1921-1933 (108).; Letters to J Pringle 1936...; Letters to J S Flett 1911 (1); Letters to F L Kitchin 1921-1933 (108).; Letters to J Pringle 1936 (1); Letters to S W Hester 1929 (1); Letters to J A Howe 1929 or replies (6); Letters from F L Kitchin 1929-1930 (2)
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| GSM/GL/Wr/3  || Letter From E M Anderson to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/4  || Letters From F A Bather to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/5  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 1-10
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| GSM/GL/Wr/6  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 11-20
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| GSM/GL/Wr/7  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 21-30
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| GSM/GL/Wr/8  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 31-40; 1 letter to L H Tonks; 1 letter of reply from W B Wright to J A Howe
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| GSM/GL/Wr/9  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 41-50
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| GSM/GL/Wr/10  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 51-60
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| GSM/GL/Wr/11  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 61-70
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| GSM/GL/Wr/12  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 71-80
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| GSM/GL/Wr/13  || Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright || Letters 81-88
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| GSM/GL/Wr/14  || Letters From H Bolton to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/15  || Letters Of Correspondence Between C E N Bromehead and W B Wright || 2 letters from C E N Bromehead to W B Wright 2 letters from W B Wright to C E N Bromehead
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| GSM/GL/Wr/16  || Letters From R M Chalmers to W B Wright || 5 letters from R M Chalmers to W B Wright 1 letter from W B Wright to R M Chalmers
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| GSM/GL/Wr/17  || Letters From R Crookall to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/18  || Letters From W Dewar to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/19  || Letter From C H Dickson to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/20  || Letters From E Dixon to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/21  || Letter From C Edmonds to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/22  || Letters Of Correspondence Between J S Flett and W B Wright || 1 letter from J S Flett to W B Wright 1 letter from W B Wright to J S Flett
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| GSM/GL/Wr/23  || Letters From S W Hester to W B Wright || 1-10 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/24  || Letters From J A Howe to W B Wright || 1-10 letters from J A Howe to W B Wright 1 letter from W B Wright to J A Howe
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| GSM/GL/Wr/25  || Letters From J A Howe to W B Wright || 11-15 letters from J A Howe to W B Wright 1 letter from W B Wright to J A Howe
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| GSM/GL/Wr/26  || Letters From J W Jackson to W B Wright || 3 letters from J W Jackson to W B Wright 1 report by J W Jackson 1 addendum from W B Wright
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| GSM/GL/Wr/27  || Letters From R C B Jones to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/28  || Letters From P F Kendall to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/29  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 1-10 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/30  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 11-20 letters from F L Kitchin to W B Wright 1 letter from W B Wright to F L Kitchin
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| GSM/GL/Wr/31  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 21-30 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/32  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 31-40 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/33  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 41-50 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/34  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 51-60 letters from F L Kitchin to W B Wright 2 letters from W B Wright to F L Kitchin
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| GSM/GL/Wr/35  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 61-70 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/36  || Letters From F L Kitchin to W B Wright || 71-79 letters 1 letter from F L Kitchin to [?B] Smith 1 list of text figures from W B Wright's...
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| GSM/GL/Wr/37  || Letters From W Lloyd to W B Wright || 3 letters from W Lloyd to W B Wright 1 list of localities from which fossils have been corrected
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| GSM/GL/Wr/38  || Letters From E [?Neaverson] to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/39  || Letter From E W Moore to W B Wright || 1 letter from E W Moore to W B Wright 2 letters from E W Moore to L H Tonks
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| GSM/GL/Wr/40  || Letter From D Parkinson to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/41  || Letters From J Pringle to W B Wright || 5 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/42  || Letters From HC Sargent to W B Wright || 6 letters from H C Sargent to W B Wright 1 zonal succession list
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| GSM/GL/Wr/43  || Letters From B Smith to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/44  || Letter From H H Thomas to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/45  || Letters From L H Tonks to W B Wright || 4 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/46  || Letters From A E Trueman to W B Wright || 1-20 letters from A E Trueman to W B Wright 2 letters include suggestions on classifications from...
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| GSM/GL/Wr/47  || Letters From A E Trueman to W B Wright || 11-20 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/48  || Letters From A E Trueman to W B Wright || 21-28 letters
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| GSM/GL/Wr/49  || Letters From A E Trueman to W B Wright || 29-33 letters from A E Trueman to W B Wright 2 letters from W B Wright to A E Truman
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| GSM/GL/Wr/50  || Letter From J Weir to W B Wright || 
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| GSM/GL/Wr/51  || Letter From D A Wray to W B Wright || 
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