Wil·son (w l s n) A city of east-central North Carolina east of Raleigh. It is a trade and processing center. Population: 47,400. |
| Wilson, August 1945-2005. American playwright who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fences (1985) and The Piano Lesson (1987). |
| Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees 1869-1959. British physicist. He shared a 1927 Nobel Prize for devising the cloud chamber. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Wilson, Harriet 1808-1870? American author whose work Our Nig (1859) was the first novel by an African American published in the United States. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow 1856-1924. The 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), whose administration was marked by World War I and the introduction of prohibition. At the Paris Peace Conference (1919) he included the establishment of the League of Nations as a proviso of the Treaty of Versailles. The winner of the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize, he was unable to convince the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty. Wil·so ni·an (-s n -n) adj. |
Wilson [ˈwɪlsən]
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1. (Biographies / Wilson, Alexander (1766-1813) M, Scottish, SCIENCE: ornithologist) Alexander. 1766-1813, Scottish ornithologist in the US
2. (Biographies / Wilson, Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) (1913-1991) M, British, WRITING: writer) 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)
3. (Biographies / Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees (1869-1959) M, Scottish, SCIENCE: physicist, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) Charles Thomson Rees. 1869-1959, Scottish physicist, who invented the cloud chamber: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1927
4. (Biographies / Wilson, Edmund (1895-1972) M, US, WRITING: critic) Edmund. 1895-1972, US critic, noted esp for Axel's Castle (1931), a study of the symbolist movement
5. (Biographies / Wilson, (James) Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916-1995) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) (James) Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx. 1916-95, British Labour statesman; prime minister (1964-70; 1974-76)
6. (Biographies / Wilson, Richard (1714-1782) M, Welsh, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Richard. 1714-82, Welsh landscape painter
7. (Biographies / Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow (1856-1924) M, US, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) (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
Wilsonian [wɪlˈsəʊnɪən] adj
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| Noun | 1. | Wilson - author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870) |
| 2. | Wilson - English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) | |
| 3. |  Wilson - Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) | |
| 4. | Wilson - United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918) | |
| 5. | Wilson - Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) | |
| 6. |  Wilson - American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) | |
| 7. | Wilson - United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) | |
| 8. | Wilson - Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959) | |
| 9. | Wilson - United States literary critic (1895-1972) | |
| 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) | |
| 11. |  Wilson - a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)San Juan Mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains |
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