what was richard wright known for?
Keyboard player
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 Wright was to spend more than ten years in Rome . During that time became an accomplished linguist as well as an established art connoisseur . He also became prosperous enough to build up a substantial collection of books , prints , paintings , gems and medals , including works attributed to Mantegna , Michelangelo , Raphael , Titian and Correggio . He acquired some forty paintings – perhaps as much through dealing as collecting . Richard Symonds , the amateur painter and royalist , catalogued Wright 's collection in the early 1650s ( and interestingly designated him as " Scotus " ) . 

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 In his autobiography , Ansel Adams called Cedric Wright " my best friend for many years " . He described Wright as " almost an occupant of another world and a creator and messenger of beauty and mysteries . Perhaps his greatest gift was that of imparting confidence to those who were wavering on the edge of fear and indecision ; often it was me . " 

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 In 1922 , Sir Henry Wood explained the enduring success of the collaboration as follows : 

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 In 1922 , Sir Henry Wood explained the enduring success of the collaboration as follows : 

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 Wright was known as a " distinguished violinist " , and was a violin teacher at the University of California Extension and Mills College for many years . Renowned violin teacher and conductor Louis Persinger called him " one of the foremost performers and instructors in the West " . In 1934 , arthritis brought an early end to his professional career as a violinist , and he then decided to pursue his hobby of photography as a career . 
