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Encyclopedia > John Wilson

John Wilson may refer to:

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Politicians

  • John Wilson (Scottish politician), member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
  • John Wilson (Govan MP), member of Parliament for Govan 1880s
  • John Wilson (British politician), leader, Greater London Council, 1984
  • John Wilson (British Columbia politician) (born 1944), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada
  • John Wilson (Massachusetts), member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1813
  • John Wilson (South Carolina), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • John Wilson (mayor of Dunedin), mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
  • John Wilson (Ontario politician) (1807–1869), lawyer, judge and political figure in Ontario, Canada
  • John A. Wilson, member of the Council of the District of Columbia
  • John Frank Wilson, delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona Territory
  • John Haden Wilson, Pennsylvania politician
  • John Henry Wilson (1834-1912), physician, professor and political figure in Ontario, Canada
  • John Henry Wilson (Kentucky) (1846-1923), lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1893
  • John H. Wilson (mayor of Honolulu) (1871–1956), mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
  • John H. Wilson (judge), Criminal Court of the City of New York, United States
  • John L. Wilson, a U.S. Senator from Washington State
  • John Lyde Wilson, a Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824
  • John P. Wilson (1923-2007), Irish politician
  • John Thomas Wilson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
  • John Wilson (1837-1915), British miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician

John Wilson is a Scottish politician. ... John Wilson was a Labour Party member of the Greater London Council from May 1977 until the council was abolished in 1986. ... John Wilson (January 10, 1777 - August 9, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. ... John Wilson (August 11, 1773 - August 13, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. ... John Wilson (February 5, 1807 – June 3, 1869) was an Ontario lawyer, judge and political figure. ... John Frank Wilson (May 7, 1846 - April 7, 1911) was a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona. ... John Haden Wilson (August 20, 1867–January 28, 1946) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. ... John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson (14 February 1834 – 3 July 1912) was a Canadian physician, professor, and parliamentarian. ... John Henry Wilson (January 30, 1846 - January 14, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. ... John Henry Wilson, popularly known as Johnny Wilson (1871-1956), served as Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii three times: from 1920 to 1927, from 1929 to 1931, and from 1946 to 1954. ... John Lockwood Wilson (August 7, 1850 - November 6, 1912) was a United States Representative and Senator from Washington. ... John Lyde Wilson (May 24, 1784 – February 12, 1849) was an antebellum Democratic-Republican Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824 and an ardent supporter of dueling. ... John P. Wilson (born 1923) was a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ... John Thomas Wilson, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bell, Highland County, Ohio, April 16, 1811; received a limited schooling; engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; during the Civil War was appointed first lieutenant of Company E, Seventieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, November 2, 1861, and was discharged as captain... John Wilson (1837 – 24 March 1915) was an English coal miner, trade unionist, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 25 years. ...

Sports figures

John Wilson is Britains most popular, most successful and most respected angler. ... John Wilson is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL in 1959 for the Richmond Football Club. ... John Wilson (born February 7, 1978 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition, he has also previously played for the Parramatta Eels. ... John Wilson (born October 26, 1977 in Seneca, South Carolina) is a soccer defender (generally playing left back), who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. ... John Parker Wilson (born October 17, 1985, in Hoover, Alabama) is currently the starting quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. ... John William Wilson (born August 20, 1921, Albert Park, Victoria, died October 13, 1985, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1956. ...

Literary figures

  • John Wilson (British Israelite), author of Our Israelitish Origin (1840), a founding text of British Israelism
  • John Wilson (Canadian writer), Children's writer, winner of the Norma Fleck Award
  • John Wilson (Scottish writer) (1785–1854), Scottish writer
  • John Wilson (1928–2003), English philosopher of education
  • John Bernard Andrew Wilson, journalist (1940 - ), Born Colac, Victoria, Australia. Journalist (The Age), (The Sydney Morning Herald), (Townsville Daily Bulletin), (National Times), (Queensland Times), (Ballarat Courier), (Daily Mirror - Sydney), (Channel Nine - Melbourne, Brisbane), (New Idea), Brisbane Telegraph). Wrote under the name John Steed in New Zealand (The Dominion), (Sunday Times). Was Editor of ComputerNews (www.netspace.net.au/~johnw).
  • John Burgess Wilson (1917–1993), British author, pen name Anthony Burgess
  • John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), English philosopher
  • John Wilson (Canadian Writer), (1963-), Mathematics writer on slot machines.

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... John Wilson (May 18, 1785 - April 3, 1854) was a Scottish writer, the writer most frequently identified with the Christopher North of Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine. ... Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... John Cook Wilson (1849-1915) was a British philosopher. ...

Others

  • Jack Wilson (education), President of the University of Massachusetts
  • John C. Wilson, Broadway producer and director
  • John Foster Wilson (1919–1999), founder, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
  • John Moulder Wilson (1837–1919), Union Army engineer
  • John Wilson (Medal of Honor), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John Wilson (captain), Swedish sailor
  • John Wilson (Golden Raspberry), the founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, 1980
  • John Wilson (Caddo), leader in the Native American Church movement of the 1860s
  • John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793)
  • John Wilson (missionary) (1804–1875), Scottish missionary, educationalist; a founding father of Modern Mumbai (Bombay)
  • John Wilson (news anchor)
  • John Wilson (Numismatist), winner of the 2007 Farran Zerbe Memorial Award
  • John Wilson (prostitute), worked as a tranvestite prostitute in Melbourne, Australia in the 1860s
  • John Wilson Jr. (professor), Professor of English, Japan
  • John Wilson (O.C. Supertones), drummer of the band The O.C. Supertones
  • John Wilson (conductor), orchestral conductor
  • John Skinner Wilson, early Scouting notable
  • John Wilson (broadcaster)
  • John Wilson (http://www.whereisjohnwilson.com), attempting to become the #1 Google result when searching for "John Wilson"
  • John T. Wilson, president of the University of Chicago from 1975 to 1978
  • John W. Wilson, God of the Universe every other day.

John C. Wilson (August 19, 1899 - October 29, 1961) was an American theatre director and producer. ... Sir John Wilson (January 20, 1919, Nottingham–November 25, 1999, Brighton), born John Foster Wilson, was a public health advocate, best known for working to prevent blindness in developing countries in Africa and South and South East Asia. ... John Moulder Wilson John Moulder Wilson (October 8, 1837 – February 1, 1919) was born in Olympia, Washington. ... John Wilson was the Anglicized name of Captain Frederick Walgren, a Swedish sailor and o-yatoi gaikokujin (foreign professional) who was active in the development of British-Japanese ties in the late 1800s. ... John Wilson (b 1954) is an American copyrighter and publicist. ... John Wilson (1741 – 1793) was an English mathematician who had a theorem, Wilsons Theorem, named after him for its discovery, not its proof. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... John Wilson, Jr. ... The Farran Zerbe Memorial Award is the highest honor conferred by the American Numismatic Association. ... Youngest son of John Wilson (captain) and Sophia Wilson (Naka Yamazaki). ... J.S. Wilson with Mishima Michiharu, Chief Scout of Japan, at the national training camp at Lake Yamanaka, on the slopes of Mount Fujiyama, December 1952 Scouting Round the World Colonel John Skinner Belge Wilson was a Scottish Scouting luminary and friend and contemporary of General Baden-Powell, recruited by... John Richard Wilson (born 2nd August, 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster. ... ...

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Robert Burns Country: The Burns Encyclopedia: Wilson, John (c. 1751 — 1839) (638 words)
Burns obtained the inspiration for 'Death and Dr Hornbook' upon listening to Wilson airing his medical knowledge at a meeting of Tarbolton Masonic Lodge, of which Wilson was secretary from 1782 to 1787.
Wilson sought employment at a clerk of copyist in an Edinburgh office, possibly with the Excise.
Wilson abandoned his dreams of going to the Capital, and went instead to Glasgow, where he taught for a time in High Street.
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