Wilson, George. 1818–1859. Chemist and essayist. Author Five Gateways to Knowledge, Life Prof. Forbes, etc. See Memoir, by his sister. Pub. Mac.
Wilson, Horace Hayman. 1788–1860. Sanskrit scholar. Author Hist. Cashmere, translation of the Rig-Veda, etc.
Wilson, John, "Christopher North." 1785–1854. Poet and essayist. Author of the poems The Isle of Palms and The City of the Plague, of the stories Margaret Lyndsay and Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, and of the famous Noctes Ambrosianæ. His style could be tender and pathetic, but as a reviewer it was often coarse, prejudiced, and brutal. See Ferrier's edition, 12 vols. See Life, by Mrs. Gordon, 1862. Pub. Arm. Ca. Wid.
Wilson, Sir Thomas. 1523–1581. Author of The Art of Rhetoric, etc.
Wilson, Wm. 1801–1860. Scotch poet. See Grant Wilson's Poets of Scotland.
Winchelsea, Countess Anne. c. 1700–1720. Poet. Author of The Nocturnal Reverie, etc. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Wingate, David. 1828 ——. Scotch poet. Author Annie Weir, etc. See Grant Wilson's Poets of Scotland.
Winkworth, Catherine. 1825–1878. Hymnologist. Editor Hymns of the Ages, Lyra Germanica, etc. Pub. Mac.
Winslow, Forbes Benignus. 1810–1874. Physician. Author Physic and Physicians, The Anatomy of Suicide, Lectures on Insanity, Obscure Diseases of the Brain, etc.
Wiseman, Nicholas, Cardinal. 1802–1865. Miscellaneous writer. Author works on religion, science, art, literature, etc.