Andrew Wilson (zoologist) explained

Dr Andrew Wilson FRSE (30 September 1852 - 25 August 1912) was a 19th/20th century Scottish zoologist, physiologist and author.

Life

Wilson was born in Edinburgh on 30 September 1852, the son of Francis Wilson and Margaret Wilson, née Spears (1810–1883).[1] He appears to have been the great nephew of the Edinburgh zoologist James Wilson. He was educated at Dollar Academy then the Royal High School, Edinburgh.[2] He studied science and medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MB around 1872.

At the University of Edinburgh he was both the Combe lecturer and Gilchrist lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, covering zoology and comparative anatomy. He lived the last 20 years of his life at 110 Gilmore Place in south-west Edinburgh.[3] In 1879 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Young, Alexander Dickson, John Gray McKendrick and John Hutton Balfour.He died on 25 August 1912 North Berwick of heart disease.[4] [5] He is buried with his mother in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. His grave lies in the southmost row, east of the southern entrance.

Publications

He was a contributor to the 9th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica[6]

Notes and References

  1. Grave of Andrew Wilson, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh
  2. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 14 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. Edinburgh Post Office Directories 1890 to 1910
  4. News: Dr. Andrew Wilson . 26 February 2023 . The Times . 26 August 1912 . London . 9 . Dr. Andrew Wilson, lecturer on Physiology and Health to the George Combe Trust and Gilchrist Trust Lecturer, died suddenly at North Berwick last night of heart disease. Dr. Wilson was born in Edinburgh in September. 1852:. He was educated at the Dollar Institution, Edinburgh Royal High School, and Edinburgh University. In 1876 he was appointed lecturer at the Edinburgh Medical School on zoology and comparative anatomy, and on these and kindred subjects he wrote a number of books and contributed largely to magazines..
  5. News: Dr. Andre Wilson . 26 February 2023 . The Daily Telegraph . 27 August 1912 . 12 . Dr Wilson's health had not been good but the end came suddenly from a cardiac affection. ... He had in fact lectured on popular scientific subjects in all parts of the United Kingdom and in many places on the Continent Not infrequently he had delivered addresses on Sunday upon the Jewish Health Laws. ... In early davs Dr Wilson often appeared as an amateur actor. He leaves a widow and a daughter..
  6. Andrew Wilson - Wikisource, the free online library. The Zoologist. 3 . 1 . 11 . 503–504 . 2019-05-26.

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