Wilbur Wright biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Wilbur Wright

Author Name:

Wilbur Wright

Born As:

Wilbur Wright

Other Names:

Born:

16 Apr 1867

Died:

30 May 1912




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Inventor                          
                          
Mother Susan Catherine Koerner
Father Milton Wright  - Bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ - seven children - Reuchlin - 1861–1920, , Orville - 1871 - 1948, Lorin - 1862–1939, Katharine - 1874–1929, and twins Otis and Ida.                          
Aviation pioneer, 1st flight at Kitty Hawk.
Generally credited with building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.