Magnus von Wright

His father Henrik Magnus von Wright was a retired Major who owned the family estate, Haminalahden.

It was there that he first developed his interest in birds and, although not a university student, was able to join the scientific society Societas pro Fauna and Flora Fennica organized by Carl Reinhold Sahlberg (1779-1860).

[4][5] His first professional work came when he was asked to provide illustrations for Otava eli suomalaisia huvituksia (Stockholm: C. A. Gottlund.

Assisted by his brother Wilhelm, he provided illustrations for the multi-volume Svenska Fåglar (Stockholm: C. von Scheele.

He also spent many years helping to reconstruct the botanical and zoological collections that had been destroyed in the Great Fire of Turku.