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Book Used by Milton Wright, "On the Genesis of Species," 1871
Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 and D. Appleton and Company1871
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
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- Title: Book Used by Milton Wright, "On the Genesis of Species," 1871
- Creator: Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900, D. Appleton and Company
- Date Created: 1871
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Wright, Milton, 1828-1917, Wright brothers, Wright family, Evolution, Science, Books
- Type: Documents
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Book
- Object ID: 38.792.123
- Image ID: THF241987
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Orville Wright.
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