John Wilson
1785
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1854
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Magdalen College, University of Glasgow, Paisley Grammar School
occupation: writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lawyer, philosopher
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
John Wilson of Elleray FRSE (18 May 1785 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. He was professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1820 to 1851. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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