He matriculated a pensioner of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in March 1608, and proceeded B.A.
He entered as a medical student at Leyden on 22 August 1612, but graduated M.A.
[1] He was admitted a candidate of the Royal College of Physicians on 22 December 1618, elected fellow on 22 December 1622, censor in 1628 and 1639, named an elect on 24 May 1642, conciliarius in 1647, and again from 1650 annually till his death in 1657.
Wright owned property at Henham and Havering in Essex.
[1] He married Mary, daughter of John Duke, physician, of Foulton Hall, Ramsey, Essex, and Colchester.