Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright

Sir Charles Hagberg Wright
Born
Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright

(1862-11-17)17 November 1862
Died7 March 1940(1940-03-07) (aged 77)
Alma materRoyal Belfast Academical Institution
Trinity College, Dublin
OccupationLibrarian

Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, LL.D.[1] (17 November 1862 – 7 March 1940) was the Secretary and Librarian of the London Library from 1893 until his death. He managed expansion of the library and compiled a comprehensive catalogue of its collection. The Times called him "the guiding genius" of the library, the driving force behind the four decades of its growth.[2] The Library itself hails Wright as "the real architect of the London Library as it is today".[3]

Wright was a highly public person and frequently engaged in political debates. His scholarly interests ranged from the history of the colonization of Africa to translation of Leo Tolstoy. He had a reputation of a liberal russophile and was involved in Russian radical politics and wartime humanitarian aid to Russian soldiers and academics.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference KN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sir Charles Hagberg Wright (obituary) Archived 18 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The Times, 7 March 1940.
  3. ^ A brief history of the library Archived 21 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. London Library. Retrieved 2010-04-22.