Von Wright

von Wright
von Wright
Swedish and Finnish noble family
	Epitaphium for Georg Henrik von Wright in Husby Church
Country	Finland and Sweden
Current region	Northern Europe
Place of origin	Scotland

The von Wright family (Swedish pronunciation: [fɔnˈvrɪkt]^[1]) is a Swedish and Finnish noble family founded by the Scotsman George Wright, who emigrated from Dundee to Narva in Swedish-ruled Estonia, in the mid-17th century,^[2]^[3] Wright's grandsons (and their descendants) by his son Henrik would acquire the nobiliary particle von Wright.

Notable members

Von Wright brothers, scientists, nature illustrators and artists
- Magnus von Wright (1805–1868)
- Wilhelm von Wright (1810–1887)
- Ferdinand von Wright (1822–1906)
Georg Henrik von Wright (1916 – 2003), philosopher
Moira von Wright (born 1957), academic

^ "Uttal av finlandssvenska efternamn - Institutet för de inhemska språken".
^ Von Wright, Georg Henrik (1989). "Georg Henrik von Wright: Intellectual Autobiography". In Schilpp, Paul A.; Hahn, Lewis E (eds.). The Philosophy of Georg Henrik von Wright. Library of Living Philosophers. La Salle, Ill. : Open Court. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-87548-372-6 – via Internet Archive. Around the year 1650, the earliest known members of my family had to leave Scotland because, it is said, they had sided with King Charles against Cromwell. They settled in Narva in Estonia, which was then a province under Swedish rule. Georg(e) Wright there begat Henrik Wright, who fought in the armies of Charles XII and after a long and eventful life died in his home in Finland, another part of the old Swedish realm. Henrik Wright's son Georg Henrik was, together with his three other sons, raised to noble rank after the royal coup d'etat of 1772. This was how the odd combination of 'von' and 'Wright' originated.
^ "Georg Wrightin jälkeläisiä" (PDF). suvut.genealogia.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2009.