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George Ernest Wright (September 5, 1909 – August 29, 1974), was a leading Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist. An expert in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, he was especially known for his work in the study and dating of pottery .
By the middle of the 20th century the work of Albright and his students, notably Nelson Glueck (1900–1971), E. A. Speiser (1902–1965), G. Ernest Wright (1909–1974) and Cyrus Gordon (1908–2001), had produced a consensus that biblical archaeology had provided physical evidence for the originating historical events behind the Old Testament ...
Between the 1920s, right after World War I, when Palestine came under British rule and the 1960s, biblical archaeology became the dominant American school of Levantine archaeology, led by figures such as William F. Albright and G. Ernest Wright. The work was mostly funded by churches and headed by theologians.
Ernest or Ernie Wright may refer to: Ernest Vincent Wright (1872–1939), American author; Ernest M. Wright (born 1940), Irish-American biologist; Ernest Hunter Wright (1882–1968), professor of English at Columbia University; G. Ernest Wright (1909–1974), Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist
Glenn M. Schwartz is an American archaeologist specializing in the archaeology of ancient Syria and Iraq. [1] He is known for directing excavations at sites such as Umm el-Marra and Kurd Qaburstan and his contributions to the study of early urbanism, state formation, and collapse in the ancient Near East.
Geraldine Wright, English neurotheologist; G. Ernest Wright (1909–1974), American archaeologist; Ghian Wright (born 1980), American music producer; Gillian Wright (born 1960), British actress; Gillian Wright (astronomer), Scottish astronomer; Ginny Wright (1933–2021), American singer; Gladys Wright (1891–1980), English educator
Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, Biblical Researches in Palestine, the first major work in biblical geography and biblical archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology."
Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (c. 1730 – 8 March 1804) was an English diplomat and art collector who served as the Minister Resident of Great Britain to Venice from 1766 to 1774. [ 1 ] Background