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  • noun wilson Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) [jon-stuh n,, -suh n] /ˈdʒɒn stən,, -sən/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, English writer. 1
  • noun wilson August, 1945-2005, U.S. playwright. 1
  • noun wilson Charles Thomson Rees [tom-suh n-rees] /ˈtɒm sən ris/ (Show IPA), 1869–1959, Scottish physicist: Nobel prize 1927. 1
  • noun wilson Edith Bolling (Galt) 1872–1961, U.S. First Lady 1915–21 (second wife of Woodrow Wilson). 1
  • noun wilson Edmund, 1895–1972, U.S. literary and social critic. 1
  • noun wilson Ellen Louise Axson, 1860–1914, U.S. First Lady 1913–14 (first wife of Woodrow Wilson). 1
  • noun wilson Harriet, 1825–1900, U.S. novelist: first African American woman to publish a novel. 1
  • noun wilson Henry (Jeremiah Jones Colbath or Colbaith) 1812–75, U.S. politician: vice president of the U.S. 1873–75. 1
  • noun wilson James, 1742–98, U.S. jurist, born in Scotland: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1789–98. 1
  • noun wilson Sir (James) Harold, 1916–95, British statesman: prime minister 1964–70, 1974–76. 1
  • noun wilson John ("Christopher North") 1785–1854, Scottish poet, journalist, and critic. 1
  • noun wilson Lanford [lan-ferd] /ˈlæn fərd/ (Show IPA), 1937–2011, U.S. playwright. 1
  • noun wilson Robert W(oodrow) born 1936, U.S. radio astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1978. 1
  • noun wilson Sloan, 1920–2003, U.S. journalist and novelist. 1
  • noun wilson (Thomas) Woodrow, 1856–1924, 28th president of the U.S. 1913–21: Nobel Peace Prize 1919. 1
  • noun wilson Mount, a mountain in SW California, near Pasadena: observatory. 5710 feet (1740 meters). 1
  • noun wilson a city in E North Carolina. 1
  • noun wilson a male given name. 1
  • noun wilson Alexander. 1766–1813, Scottish ornithologist in the US 0
  • noun wilson Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone). 1913–91, British writer, whose works include the collection of short stories The Wrong Set (1949) and the novels Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) and No Laughing Matter (1967) 0
  • noun wilson Charles Thomson Rees. 1869–1959, Scottish physicist, who invented the cloud chamber: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1927 0
  • noun wilson Edmund. 1895–1972, US critic, noted esp for Axel's Castle (1931), a study of the symbolist movement 0
  • noun wilson (James) Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx. 1916–95, British Labour statesman; prime minister (1964–70; 1974–76) 0
  • noun wilson Jacqueline. born 1945, British writer for older girls; her best-selling books include The Story of Tracey Beaker (1991), The Illustrated Mum (1998), and Girls in Tears (2002). 0
  • noun wilson Richard. 1714–82, Welsh landscape painter 0
  • noun wilson (Thomas) Woodrow (ˈwʊdrəʊ). 1856–1924, US Democratic statesman; 28th president of the US (1913–21). He led the US into World War I in 1917 and proposed the Fourteen Points (1918) as a basis for peace. Although he secured the formation of the League of Nations, the US Senate refused to support it: Nobel peace prize 1919 0
  • noun wilson Alexander1766-1813; Am. ornithologist, born in Scotland 0
  • noun wilson Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone)1913-91; Eng. novelist 0
  • noun wilson Charles Thomson Rees (ris ) ; rēs) 1869-1959; Scot. physicist 0
  • noun wilson Edmund1895-1972; U.S. writer & critic 0
  • noun wilson Sir (James) Harold1916-95; Eng. politician: prime minister (1964-70; 1974-76) 0
  • noun wilson Robert Woodrow1936- ; U.S. radio astronomer 0
  • noun wilson (Thomas) Woodrow1856-1924; 28th president of the U.S. (1913-21) 0
  • noun wilson Mountmountain of the Coast Ranges, SW Calif., near Pasadena: site of an astronomical observatory: 5,710 ft (1,740 m) 0
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