Wilson, H. V. (Henry Van Peters), 1863-1939

H. V. Wilson (1863-1939) was born in Baltimore, Md., and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina in 1891, as a professor of biology and department chairman of zoology. He was also the director of the United States Fisheries Laboratory at Beaufort, N.C.

From the guide to the H. V. Wilson Papers, 1903-1956, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)