Dr Andrew Wilson

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(30 September 1852–25 August 1912) was a 19th/20th century Scottish zoologist, physiologist and author.

Life

Wilson was born in

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on 30 September 1852, the son of Francis Wilson and Margaret Wilson, née Spears (1810–1883). 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. He studied science and medicine at the

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, 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. ILN0-1909-1225-0034-19 Dr

In 1879 he was elected a

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. His proposers were John Young, Alexander Dickson, John Gray McKendrick and John Hutton Balfour. The grave of Andrew Wilson FRSE Morningside Cemetery

The grave of Andrew Wilson FRSE Morningside Cemetery

He died on 25 August 1912

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of heart disease. He is buried with his mother in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. His grave lies in the southmost row, east of the southern entrance.

Publications

*''Elements of Zoology'' (1873) *''Sketches of Animal Life and Habits'' (1877) *''Leisure Time Studies'' (1879) *''Leaves from a Naturalist's Handbook'' (1882) *''Facts and Fictions of Zoology'' (1882) *''Chapters on Evolution'' (1883) *''Nature Studies'' (1883) *''Wild Animals and Birds'' (1884) *''Science and Crime'' (1887) *''Science and Poetry'' (1888) *''Glimpses of Nature'' (1891) *''Studies in Life and Sense'' (1898) *''The Light Side of Science'' (1898) *''Brain and Body'' (1900) *''How to Keep Well'' (1907) *''Physiology'' (1910) *''The Modern Physician'' (1910) He was a contributor to the 9th edition of

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References

1852 births 1912 deaths Academics from Edinburgh People educated at Dollar Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish zoologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Medical doctors from Edinburgh People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Scientists from Edinburgh {{UK-zoologist-stub