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Noun: Wilson
  1. Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
    - John Tuzo Wilson
     
  2. United States literary critic (1895-1972)
    - Edmund Wilson
     
  3. American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
    - James Wilson
     
  4. Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
    - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
     
  5. United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
    - E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
     
  6. United States physicist honoured for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
    - Robert Woodrow Wilson
     
  7. Author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
    - Harriet Wilson
     
  8. A peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)
    - Mount Wilson
     
  9. 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
    - Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson
     
  10. Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
    - Alexander Wilson
     
  11. English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
    - Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
     
  12. British Labour politician (1916-1995), Prime Minister of the UK 1964-1970 and 1974-1976
    - Harold Wilson, James Harold Wilson

Derived forms: Wilsons

See also: Wilsonian

Type of: American Revolutionary leader, author, bird watcher, bug-hunter, bugologist, Chief Executive, entomologist, geophysicist, literary critic, mountain peak, nuclear physicist, ornithologist, physicist, President, President of the United States, United States President, writer

Part of: San Juan Mountains

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