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Mary Helen Wright Greuter (December

20, 1914 – October 23, 1997) was an American astronomer and historian, who

wrote and edited on the history and methodology of sciences, including

anthropology, archeology, mathematics, and physics. Born in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the

geophysicist Frederick Eugene Wright and

Kathleen Ethel Finley. She was known professionally by her family name of

Wright. Her siblings included, William F. Wright and Kenneth A. Wright. Wright

was educated at Madeira School. She

was a Bennett Junior College graduate

(1934), and Vassar 1937; Master's in Astronomy, 1939).

Through

her father, who led the Carnegie Institution for

Science Moon Project at the Mount Wilson Observatory,

Wright became acquainted with people at Mt. Wilson, and got a job as an

assistant (1937) doing research on the history of telescopes; and in the same year, worked as an assistant at

the Vassar College Observatory.

She also worked as a Junior Assistant at the U.S. Naval Observatory in

Washington, D.C. (1942–43); and was associated with Palomar Observatory. In

1943, she became a freelance author and editor. Her best known works

include, Explorer of the Universe: A Biography of George Ellery Hale (1966)

and Sweeper of the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell (1949). Wright was a member of the American Astronomical

Society, the History of Science Society,

and the International and later divorced the artist John Franklin Hawkins, and then married

Rene Greuter in 1967, but remained childless. She summered on Sagastaweka Island, and maintained homes in

Washington, New Jersey, and Nantucket. Wright's other interests included stone carving. Wright died of a heart attack in 1997

in Washington, D.C.

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