Wilson, John, 1785-1854
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Wilson, John, 1785-1854
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Wilson, John (Scottish writer)
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Author of The trials of Margaret Lyndsay
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Wilson, Prof
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Lights and shadows of Scottish life, Author of 1785-1854
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North, Christopher 1785-1854
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North, Christopher 1785-1854
Author of The trials of Margaret Lyndsay, 1785-1854
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Wilson Professor 1785-1854
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Wilson Professor 1785-1854
Vilʹson, Dzhon 1785-1854
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Mullion, Mordecai 1785-1854
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North, Christopher
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Wilson, Professor 1785-1854 (John),
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Trials of Margaret Lyndsay, Author of The, 1785-1854
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Mullion, Mordecai
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Austin, Arthur
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Trials of Margaret Lyndsay, Author of The.
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Author of Lights and shadows of Scottish life 1785-1854
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Austin, Arthur 1785-1854
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Scottish poet and critic, "Christopher North."
"Christopher North". Scottish author.
John Wilson (1785-1854) was a Scottish author, the "Christopher North" of Blackwood's Magazine, and professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh University. For a full account of his life and work see the Dictionary of National Biography
John Wilson, Scottish critic and essayist, wrote three long poems before losing his estate through a relative's mismanagement in 1815. He joined with Lockhart and Hogg to found Blackwell's, and in 1820 was appointed professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh. He continued to contribute to Blackwell's and also published rural short stories and two novels.
"Christopher North;" Scottish author.
John Wilson was born in Paisley on May 18, 1785, and was educated at Glasgow University and Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he received his M.A. in 1810. He then took up residence at Elleray in Windermere, married Jane Penny, and devoted himself to writing poetry. The Isle of Palms, and Other Poems, was published in 1812.
In 1815 Wilson lost his inheritance due to a relative's mismanagement and returned to Scotland, where he was called to the bar in 1815. But his first interest continued to be literature, and in 1817 he joined with William Blackwood and John Gibson Lockhart to found Blackwood's Magazine. An ardent Tory, in 1820 Wilson was appointed to the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University through the support of his political allies. Despite the controversy that greeted his appointment, Wilson won respect as a dedicated and inspiring lecturer.
Wilson continued to be a prolific and frequent contributor to Blackwood's until the death of his wife in 1837. Some of his more popular pieces were collected and published as Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life (1822) and Noctes Ambrosianae, which appeared posthumously.
Wilson retired from his professorship in 1851 due to ill-health, and died in Edinburgh on April 3, 1854.
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