Wilson

1 author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870) [syn: Harriet Wilson]

2 English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) [syn: Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson]

3 Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) [syn: Alexander Wilson]

4 United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918) [syn: Robert Woodrow Wilson]

5 Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) [syn: John Tuzo Wilson]

6 American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) [syn: James Wilson]

7 United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) [syn: E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson]

8 Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959) [syn: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]

9 United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: Edmund Wilson]

10 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) [syn: Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson]

11 a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high) [syn: Mount Wilson]

English

Proper noun

1. An English, Scottish and northern Irish patronymic surname derived from the given name Will (short form of William)
2. A given name derived from the surname.

Wilson may refer to:

People

• Wilson (surname)

In geography

In Australia:

• Wilson, Western Australia

In the United Kingdom:

• Wilson, Devon
• Wilson, Leicestershire

In the United States of America:

• Wilson, Arkansas
• Mount Wilson (California)
• Wilson, Kansas
• Wilson, Louisiana
• Wilson, New York (village)
• Wilson (town), New York
• Wilson, North Carolina
• Wilson, Ohio
• Wilson, Oklahoma
• Wilson, Pennsylvania
• Wilson, Texas
• Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
• Wilson, Wisconsin
• Wilson, Wyoming
• Wilson Township, Michigan
• Wilson Township, Minnesota
• Lake Wilson, Minnesota
• Wilsonville, Alabama
• Wilsonville, Oregon
• Wilson Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) subway station in New York City.

In Canada:

• Wilson Avenue in Toronto.
  • Wilson (TTC) subway station.

In Poland:

• Plac Wilsona in Warsaw

In medicine

• Wilson's disease, a hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of copper in tissue
• Wilson's syndrome, also known as Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome or Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, a form of thyroid deficiency whose existence is controversial

In botany and zoology

• Wilson's Bird of Paradise
• Wilson's Magnolia
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Wilson's Plover
• Wilson's Snipe
• Wilson's Spiny Mouse
• Wilson's Storm-petrel
• Wilson's Warbler

Companies

• Wilson ASA, a Norwegian shipping company
• Wilson Sporting Goods, a company that manufactures and markets sports equipment
• Wilson's, company that manufactures Kendal mint cake
• Wilson Parking, an Australian parking company

Other

• Wilson's School, a boys' grammar school in Wallington, in the London Borough of Sutton, UK
• Wilson (Home Improvement), fictional character from the TV show Home Improvement
• Wilson the Volleyball, a volleyball from the film Cast Away
• Wilson (film), a biographical film
• Wilson Ornithological Society
• Wilson is a fictitious king in the Gamehendge saga by the rock band Phish
• Wilson reading system
• Wilson's theorem in mathematics
• Wilson is a term from William Gibson's novel Count Zero that identifies an individual as a screw-up. "To pull a Wilson,” means to screw up in a spectacularly stupid fashion.
• Wilson gearbox

See also

• List of peaks named Mount Wilson
• Wilson County