Thomas Wright

Thomas Wright (1810–1877) was an English antiquary and one of the most prolific scholars of medieval literature and popular culture in the nineteenth century. Born near Ludlow and educated at Cambridge, he helped found the Camden Society, the Percy Society and the British Archaeological Association, and edited dozens of medieval texts, from political songs to Latin stories. He directed excavations at the Roman city of Wroxeter. His books for general readers include The Celt, the Roman and the Saxon, Homes of Other Days and A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art (1865).