16 Facts About Quincy Wright

Philip Quincy Wright was an American political scientist based at the University of Chicago known for his pioneering work and expertise in international law, international relations, and security studies.

Quincy Wright headed the Causes of War project at the University of Chicago, which resulted in the prominent 1942 multi-volume book A Study of War.

Quincy Wright taught at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota before joining the department of social sciences at the University of Chicago in 1923.

Quincy Wright was one of the co-founders of Chicago's Committee On International Relations in 1928, the first graduate program in international relations established in the United States.

Quincy Wright retired in 1961 and became a visiting professor at numerous universities, both within the United States and abroad, including, Tsing Hua University in Beijing, the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Mexico, Cuba, The Hague and Turkey.

Quincy Wright was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1943.

Quincy Wright was a member of the editorial board of the American Association of International Law from 1923 until his death.

Quincy Wright was active in the US United Nations Association.

Quincy Wright summarized this research in his magnum opus A Study of War.

Quincy Wright did so for nearly half a century, not only as a defender of man's survival, but as a scientist.

Quincy Wright valued accuracy, facts, and truth more than any more appealing or preferred conclusions; and in his great book, A Study of War, he gathered, together with his collaborators, a larger body of relevant facts, insights, and far-ranging questions about war than anyone else has done.

Quincy Wright's study of warfare inspired many social scientists and his database of wars is an indispensable resource for anyone seriously interested in quantitative studies of human conflicts.

Quincy Wright was a prominent legal expert on the mandates system.

Quincy Wright rebutted notions that Syrians were barbarians who could not govern themselves.

Quincy Wright argued that the Syrian rebels were a state in the making and that French actions to repress the Syrians were a "policy of terrorism" and war crimes.

Quincy Wright rebutted notions that Syrians were not protected by international law.