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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 370-371



GEORGE M. WRIGHT, M. D.

	With thorough training in several of the leading medical colleges 
of the country and with broad experience in practice in various cities, 
Dr. George M. Wright is now recognized as one of the eminent physicians 
and surgeons of Denver, where he is specializing on the treatment of 
diseases of the eye, ear. nose and throat.  Moreover, he has been a 
frequent and valuable contributor to leading medical journals and he 
has done much to bring to light principles of health which hitherto 
have puzzled the profession. In a word, his contribution to 
professional practice has been most valuable and his colleagues speak 
of him in terms of high admiration and praise.

	Dr. Wright was born in Galesville, Wisconsin, December 1, 1870, a 
son of William S. Wright, who was a native of Canada and in turn a son 
of Mike Wright, who was the founder of the American branch of the 
family and who with two brothers crossed the Atlantic to Canada during 
the early part of the nineteenth century, becoming a prosperous and 
wealthy lumberman of that country. His son, William S. Wright, took up 
the work of the ministry as a preacher of the Methodist faith and 
devoted his entire life to that calling, becoming a distinguished 
clergyman. He was self-educated in Latin, Greek and other languages and 
through his individual efforts became a man of broad, scholarly 
attainments. He was long associated with the Methodist Conference and 
did excellent work in upbuilding his denomination. He married Eva 
Hegeman, a native of Hagaman, New York, and a descendant of one of the 
old pioneer families of the Empire state, her father being a prominent 
manufacturer of Hagaman, which place was named in honor of the family.

	Dr. Wright acquired hia primary education in the schools of his 
native town and afterward attended the Dakota State College. He took up 
the study of medicine in the University of Michigan, which he attended 
in that connection for a year, and later entered Rush Medical College 
of Chicago, while subsequently he was graduated from the Kentucky 
School of 'Medicine. Immediately afterward he entered upon the practice 
of his chosen profession in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he remained for 
two years and then removed to Amberg, Wisconsin, where he was chief 
surgeon in the Granite Hospital for three years. On the expiration of 
that period he formed a partnership with his brother. Dr. C. D. A. 
Wright. with whom he was associated in the practice of medicine in 
Minneapolis until May, 1908. During that period the Wright brothers 
were recognized as the leading eye, ear, nose and throat specialists of 
that section. The partnership was dissolved when Dr. George M. Wright 
removed to Denver, where he has since been in continuous, active and 
successful practice, devoting his time to his specialty, with a very 
large practice that indicates him to be one of the leading oculists, 
aurists, rhinologists and laryngologists of the country. He is a most 
discriminating student and his broad reading, investigation and 
scientific research have kept him in touch with the most advanced 
thought and work of the profession. Some of his articles have been 
translated into five different languages, so that his work and his fame 
have spread beyond the confines of his native country, making his name 
known in other lands as well. Dr. Wright prepared for his specialty by 
comprehensive study in Vienna, Berlin and London in 1907 and 1908 and 
after coming to Denver was in charge of the eye, ear, nose and throat 
department of the Craig colony. His private practice, too, is very 
extensive. He has been made an honorary life member of the American 
Society of Orthodontists and is connected with other scientific bodies 
which have to do with the dissemination of professional knowledge.

	In politics Dr. Wright maintain an independent course and 
fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Winneconne Lodge, No. 121, A. 
F. & A. M., of Winneconne, Wisconsin, and to the Knights of Pythias 
Lodge at Winneconne, Wisconsin, of which he was the first commander. 
His son is now overseas in service in France. Dr. Wright is recognized 
as a man of the broadest scientific attainments, holding to the highest 
professional ideals, whose work has been a stimulus and an inspiration 
to others in the profession.