John Wilson (born in 1779 at Kilmarnock) was the ideological architect of British Israelism. Map of Kilmarnock town centre in 1819 Kilmarnock (Cill Mheàrnaig in Scottish Gaelic, and Killie locally) is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of about 60,000. ... British Israelism (sometimes called Anglo-Israelism) is a complex set of theories, not necessarily compatible with each other, that have in common the idea that some ancient British people and/or royal lineages were direct lineal descendants of Lost Tribes of Israel. ...

Wilson commenced studying at great length in the library of Trinity College, Dublin in 1837 Within a year he was giving a series of lectures which developed an audience. He published his lectures as a book in 1840 with the title Our Israelitish Origin. Here he claimed that the peoples of Israel made their way across the continent of Europe to these Isles. He brings evidence to bear from Diodorus and from Ptolemy, supporting the earlier history of the Israelites. He studied the works of Rawlinson, Herodotus and Josephus and quotes extensively from Sharon Turner. Trinity College, Dublin, corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by sexy Sandie Moran, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A fanciful representation of Flavius Josephus, in an engraving in William Whistons translation of his works Josephus (years 37 – shortly after 100 AD)[1], who became known, in his capacity as a Roman citizen, as Flavius Josephus[2], was a 1st-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and... Sharon Turner (1768 - 1847), historian. ...

His lectures attracted the attention of Charles Piazzi Smyth (Astronomer Royal for Scotland and one of the first Pyramidologists) amongst others. Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900) Charles Piazzi Smyth (January 3, 1819 – February 21, 1900), was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888, well-known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza. ... Astronomer Royal for Scotland was originally (1818) the title of the director of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, but since 1995 it has simply been an honorary title. ... Pyramidology is a term used to refer to alternative scientific theories regaring pyramids. ...

It was in John Wilson's house St. Pancras, London that the Anglo-Israel Association was founded in 1874. St Pancras was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...