Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970

LC control no.	n 80056647
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Wright, Philip Quincy, 1890-1970
Birth date	18901228
Death date	19701017
Place of birth	Medford, Mass.
Place of death	Charlottesville, Va.
Field of activity	International law Political science
Affiliation	Harvard University University of Minnesota University of Chicago United States. Department of State International Military Tribunal
Profession or occupation	Political scientists College teachers
Found in	His The enforcement of international law ... 1916. His Mandates under the League of Nations, c1930: t.p. (Quincy Wright, U. of Chicago) Britannica Academic Edition, via WWW, August ̀13, 2013 (Quincy Wright; in full Philip Quincy Wright; born December 28, 1890 in Medford, Mass.; died October 17, 1970 in Charlottesville, Va.; American political scientist and authority on international law known for classic studies of war and international relations; received his B.A. from Lombard College, Galesburg, Ill., in 1912 and his Ph. D. from the University of Illinois in 1915; he taught at Harvard University from 1916-1919 and at the University of Minnesota from 1919-1923; in 1923 he became professor of political science and in 1931 professor of international law at the University of Chicago; Wright served as an adviser to the U.S. Department of State from 1943-1945 and to the International Military Tribunal in Nürnberg in 1945; retired in 1956, he subsequently engaged in research and teaching at a number of U.S. and foreign institutions; Wright published A Study of War in 1942 and Study of International Relations in 1955; Wright's other works include The Enforcement of International Law Through Municipal Law in the United States (1916), The Control of American Foreign Relations (1922), Mandates Under the League of Nations (1930), The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace (1935), Problems of Stability and Progress in International Relations (1954), and The Role of International Law in the Prevention of War (1961))
Associated language	eng