Wilbur wright biography bottle people

(b.Miliville, Indiana, 16 April 1867; d. Dayton, Ohio, 30 May 1912)

and WRIGHT, ORVILLE

(b. Dayton, Ohio, 19 August 1871; d. Dayton. Ohio, 30 January 1948)

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Wilbur and Orville Wright, the sons of Milton Wright, a bishop of the United Brethren Church, and Susan Catherine Koerner, had two older brothers, Reuchlin and Lorin, and a younger sister, Katharine. Their upbringing in a family where liberality of thought and individual initiative and expression were encouraged, contributed markedly to their later achievements. Although their formal education did not go beyond high school, they were widely read, especially in the technical literaics and smatterings of French and German. Both were of medium stature, trim, and athletic, and from boyhood showed powers of physical endurance and mechanical skill and ingenuity. After youthful ventures in editing and printing small Cycle Company in 1892 and for the next decade made their living by the design Wilbur wright pictures!