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William Prescott Wright, of the class of '53, died in Chicago, Saturday. He was the only son of John and Susanna Wright, and was born at Groton, Mass., March 18, 1832. After graduating from college he studied in the Harvard Law School from 1855 to 1856, and subsequently entered the law office of Hon. Nathan Crosby, of Lowell. He was admitted to the Middlesex bar in September, 1856, though he never practiced. Later he made his home in Chicago, and there entered business life as a banker.