 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
 |
 |
Biography of Carroll Davidson WrightName: Carroll Davidson WrightBirth Date: July 25, 1840 Death Date: February 20, 1909 Place of Birth: Dunbarton, New Hampshire, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: statistician, economist Carroll Davidson Wright The American statistician and social economist Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) organized the Bureau of Labor Statistics and did much to inspire and produce objective research on labor problems.Carroll Wright was born on July 25, 1840, in Dunbarton, N. H. His father was a Universalist minister, and the family frequently moved from one town to another. Carroll studied at various academies in New England.In those days there were no formal law programs in universities, and the path to a law degree was to study and work under a seasoned, respected lawyer and then present oneself under that lawyer's sponsorship for examination. Wright began reading law in Keene, N. H., at the same time teaching in the country schools of that district. He continued his study of law in Dedham and Boston until 1862 and then served in the army during the Civil War.Wright was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1865 and …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…the new bureau, and he held the post for 20 years.Wright was professor of statistics and social economics at Columbian University (George Washington University after 1900) and supervised the first volumes of the studies on the economic history of the United States. He was president of the American Statistical Association from 1897 to his death; and he received a number of awards from foreign governments. He became the first president of Clark College in Worcester, Mass., in 1902, although he retained his post with the Bureau of Labor until 1905. He died in Worcester on Feb. 20, 1909.In his own social philosophy, evident in his many works, Wright specifically denied and abhorred the view that there was an inevitable class conflict between capital and labor. Instead, he urged voluntary cooperation, tolerance, and social responsibility for employers. Further Reading For information on Wright see James Leiby, Carroll Wright and Labor Reform: The Origin of Labor Statistics (1960). |