Lenoir C. Wright (1911 – March 18, 2003) was an American academic and attorney who taught Asian history and culture at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Wright reached the third round of the 1931 United States Tennis Championship, and was defeated by Ellsworth Vines.
[1] He worked for two years as an attorney and then returned to school, earning a doctorate in history from Columbia University.
Wright came to UNC Greensboro in 1953 (then known as Women's College) and taught Asian history and culture.
Through frequent travels to Asia, Wright systematically built a collection of Japanese woodblock prints and scrolls, as well as Indian and Persian Miniatures.