Wilson

Wil·son  (wlsn)

A city of east-central North Carolina east of Raleigh. It is a trade and processing center. Population: 45,500.

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Wilson, August Born 1945.

American playwright who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fences (1985) and The Piano Lesson (1987).

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Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees 1869-1959.

British physicist. He shared a 1927 Nobel Prize for devising the cloud chamber.

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Wilson, Edith Bolling 1872-1961.

First Lady of the United States (1915-1921) as the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She was actively involved in government during the serious illness of her husband (1919-1920).

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Wilson, Edmund 1895-1972.

American literary critic whose influential works include Axel's Castle (1931), a study of the symbolist movement, and Patriotic Gore (1962), a critique of literature from the Civil War era.

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Wilson, Ellen Louise Axson 1860-1914.

First Lady of the United States (1913-1914) as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She died during Wilson's first term.

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Wilson, Harriet 1808-1870?.

American author whose work Our Nig (1859) was the first novel by an African American published in the United States.

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Wilson, James 1742-1798.

American Revolutionary patriot and jurist. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he later served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789-1798).

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Wilson, (James) Harold. Baron Wilson of Rievaulx. 1916-1995.

British politician who served as prime minister (1964-1970 and 1974-1976). His administration was marked by turmoil in Rhodesia and Northern Ireland and resistance to a price and income policy. He resigned in 1976.

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Wilson, Mount

1. A mountain, 1,741.6 m (5,710 ft) high, in the San Gabriel Mountains of southwest California northeast of Pasadena. Its observatory was established in 1904.

2. A peak, 4,345 m (14,246 ft) high, in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Wilson - author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870) Harriet Wilson
	2.	Wilson - English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson
	3.	Wilson - Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) Alexander Wilson
	4.	Wilson - United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918) Robert Woodrow Wilson
	5.	Wilson - Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) John Tuzo Wilson
	6.	Wilson - American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) James Wilson
	7.	Wilson - United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
	8.	Wilson - Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959) Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
	9.	Wilson - United States literary critic (1895-1972) Edmund Wilson
	10.	Wilson - 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) President Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
	11.	Wilson - a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high) Mount Wilson San Juan Mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains