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Robert Wright

American journalist and author (born 1957)

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Also known as Robert A. Wright · Bob Wright

Born: January 25, 1957
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Birthplace: Lawton
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: journalist
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, vlogger
, writer
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-12-15
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Education: Princeton University
, Texas Christian University
, Douglas MacArthur High School
Employer: The New Republic
, The Atlantic
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Robert Wright is an American author and journalist known for his wide-ranging interests in philosophy, society, science, history, politics, international relations, and religion. He has published five books: Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information (1988), The Moral Animal (1994), Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny (1999), The Evolution of God (2009), and Why Buddhism is True (2017). Wright has taught at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania; more recently, in 2019 he was Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary, New York.

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Given name: Robert
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2016-07-22
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Nickname: Bob
Family name: Wright
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Different from: Robert Wright
Robert Wright criterion used: personal name refers to multiple people
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-08-29
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Has written for: The Atlantic
Social media followers: 49,020(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 111456333
46,629(February 24, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 111456333
41,786(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 111456333
26,339(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 111456333
Field of work: journalism
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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popular science literature
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science
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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history
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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politics
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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religion
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Name in native language: Robert Wright

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