Arthur Frederick Wright (December 3, 1913 – August 11, 1976) was an American historian and sinologist.
[1] He specialized in Chinese social and intellectual history of the pre-modern period.
In 1961, Wright became the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale.
[2] Wright believed that the scholar "should occasionally stand back and contemplate the whole continuum of time and of problems which give meaning to his specialized studies.
"[3] In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Arthur Wright, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 70+ works in 200+ publications in 6 languages and 8,800+ library holdings.