Lemuel Wellman Wright

Who is Lemuel Wellman Wright?

Lemuel Wellman Wright was an inventor who was active in the early 19th century. Biographical material on Wright is scant, and even his exact name is unclear: the name Lemuel Wellman Wright is recorded in the British patent index for the patents listed below, but some texts use Lemuel Willman Wright to refer to the author of the same patents. There are contemporary references to an American from Massachusetts, Lemuel William Wright, who patented machinery and created a factory to make pins in London. The patent subject index lists the author of a patent for making pins in 1824 as Lemuel Wellman Wright, and has no other similar names recorded related to pins, so unless the patent office publication is in error, all these references appear to be to the same inventor.