Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813
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Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813
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Wilson, Alexander
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Wilson, Alexander (Scottish printmaker and naturalist, 1766-1813, active in the United States)
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Wilson, Alexander (Scottish printmaker and naturalist, 1766-1813, active in the United States)
Wilson, Alexander, of Bridge of Earn
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Wilson, Alexander, of Bridge of Earn
Wilson, Alexander, Secretary, Society for Emancipation of Industry
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Wilson, Alexander, Secretary, Society for Emancipation of Industry
Wilson, Alexander, director, Russian Imperial Manufactory, near St Petersburg
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Wilson, Alexander, director, Russian Imperial Manufactory, near St Petersburg
Alexander I Wilson
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Author of American ornithology
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Alexander Wilson
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Wilson, Alexander I
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American ornithology, Author of
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"Father of American ornithology."
Epithet: Secretary, Society for Emancipation of Industry
Alexander Wilson was an ornithologist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1813.
Alexander Wilson was an ornithologist.
Alexander Wilson was born in Paisley, Scotland and was first trained as a weaver. He eventually came to Philadelphia, where he pursued a career as an illustrator of native birds. He was a friend of the botanist William Bartram.
Epithet: director, Russian Imperial Manufactory, near St Petersburg
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) was an ornithologist and sketcher from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Epithet: of Bridge of Earn
The personal and business papers contains materials related to Alexander Wilson, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery just below Newark in Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.
The Wilson family also owned property in Elkton, Maryland, and it is possible that Wilson grew up in Maryland. As a successful businessman in New Castle County, Delaware, Wilson was involved in county government. From evidence in the collection, Wilson was a Trustee of the Poor (1877), Secretary of School District 54, New Castle County (1875), and a commissioner of the New Castle County Levy Court. Wilson was married and had a son named William who attended Newark Academy during the 1870s. Wilson had a sister named Annie E. Wilson and a brother named Wiliam T. Wilson; letters addressed to Alexander from both siblings are included in this collection. Annie appears to have been single or widowed and spent much of her time on extended visits to relatives in Philadelphia and Chester County, Pennsylvania, as well as in Delaware and Maryland. William was a college student near Pittsburgh in the early 1860s. An April 1865 letter from William notes the reaction in Pittsburgh to news of the fall of Richmond, an important event near the end of the Civil War. Later, William married, but he and his family did not live in New Castle County.
Beers, D. G. Atlas of the State of Delaware . Philadelphia, PA: Pomeroy and Beers. 1868.
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