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James Robertson Graeme Wright CBE DL (born 14 June 1939) is a former Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.

Career

Educated at Inverness Royal Academy, the High School of Dundee and the University of Edinburgh, Wright became a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh in 1966. He went on to be a Fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1978, Secretary-General of Faculties at the University of Cambridge in 1987 and Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University in 1991.

After retiring from Newcastle University in 2000 he became Chairman of Age Concern.

References

1. ^ Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
2. "New boss for Age Concern England". Age Concern. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

• Living people
• 1939 births
• Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
• Deputy lieutenants of Tyne and Wear
• People educated at Inverness Royal Academy
• People educated at the High School of Dundee
• Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
• Vice-chancellors of Newcastle University
• British classical scholars