LIFE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LATE PROFESSOR WILSON

JOHN WILSON was the son of a respectable merchant in Paisley, and was born in the year 1788. As a child he early exhibited symptoms of intelligence; and, as he grew up, he received from his father an excellent education. After leaving school he entered, at the early age of thirteen, one of the junio...

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Published in:Bentley's miscellany, 1837-1868 1837-1868, 1854-04, Vol.35, p.579-584
Main Author: Reach, Angus B
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Language:English
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Summary:JOHN WILSON was the son of a respectable merchant in Paisley, and was born in the year 1788. As a child he early exhibited symptoms of intelligence; and, as he grew up, he received from his father an excellent education. After leaving school he entered, at the early age of thirteen, one of the junior classes at the Glasgow University; and he afterwards went to England, and entered Magdalen College, Oxford.
ISSN:1751-8466