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Wilson, Alexander 1766-1813; Am. ornithologist, born in Scotland
Wilson, Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) 1913-91; Eng. novelist
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees 1869-1959; Scot. physicist
Wilson, Edmund 1895-1972; U.S. writer & critic
Wilson, Sir (James) Harold 1916-95; Eng. politician: prime minister (1964-70; 1974-76)
Wilson, Robert Woodrow 1936-; U.S. radio astronomer
Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow 1856-1924; 28th president of the U.S. (1913-21)

mountain of the Coast Ranges, SW Calif., near Pasadena: site of an astronomical observatory: 5,710 ft (1,740 m)

Origin: after Ben D. Wilson, early settler

See Wilson in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of east-central North Carolina east of Raleigh. It is a trade and processing center. Population: 47,400.

, August 1945-2005.

American playwright who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fences (1985) and The Piano Lesson (1987).

, Charles Thomson Rees 1869-1959.

British physicist. He shared a 1927 Nobel Prize for devising the cloud chamber.

, Edith Bolling 1872-1961.

First Lady of the United States (1915-1921) as the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She was actively involved in government during the serious illness of her husband (1919-1920).

, Edmund 1895-1972.

American literary critic whose influential works include Axel's Castle (1931), a study of the symbolist movement, and Patriotic Gore (1962), a critique of literature from the Civil War era.

, Ellen Louise Axson 1860-1914.

First Lady of the United States (1913-1914) as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She died during Wilson's first term.

, Harriet 1808-1870?

American author whose work Our Nig (1859) was the first novel by an African American published in the United States.

, James 1742-1798.

American Revolutionary patriot and jurist. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he later served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789-1798).

, (James) Harold. Baron Wilson of Rievaulx. 1916-1995.

British politician who served as prime minister (1964-1970 and 1974-1976). His administration was marked by turmoil in Rhodesia and Northern Ireland and resistance to a price and income policy. He resigned in 1976.

, Mount

A mountain, 1,741.6 m (5,710 ft) high, in the San Gabriel Mountains of southwest California northeast of Pasadena. Its observatory was established in 1904.
A peak, 4,345 m (14,246 ft) high, in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.

, (Thomas) Woodrow 1856-1924.

The 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), whose administration was marked by World War I and the introduction of prohibition. At the Paris Peace Conference (1919) he included the establishment of the League of Nations as a proviso of the Treaty of Versailles. The winner of the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize, he was unable to convince the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty.

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