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Henrietta Wilson
Henrietta Margaret Sym Wilson (30 September 1810–19 September 1863) was a Scottish botanist and writer in the nineteenth century. Henrietta Margaret Sym Wilson was born Henrietta Margaret Lyon Wilson on 30 September 1810 in Scotland. Her father, Andrew Wilson, was the brother of zoologist James Wilson. After Henrietta's mother died, she was taken in by her grandmother Margaret Sym Wilson. By 1833, Henrietta Wilson had moved into her uncle James' house near Edinburgh to care for his invalid wife. After her uncle's wife died in 1837, Henrietta took over running his house and family. Whilst looking after her uncle's family, Wilson wrote several books. ''Little Things'' was published anonymously in 1851 and was also published in German. ''Things to be Thought of'' was published anonymously in 1853. ''Homely hints from the Fireside'' was initially published anonymously in 1858 or 1859, and then under her name in 1860. Wilson also campaigned for qualified nurses to help poorer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilson (zoologist)
James Wilson of Woodville FRSE (1795–1856) was a 19th-century Scottish zoologist. Life Wilson was born at Paisley on 20 November 1795, the youngest son of Margaret Sym and John Wilson (d. 1796), a gauze manufacturer. His father died during his first year, after which the family moved to Edinburgh, where he was educated. In 1811, he began to study for the law at the University of Edinburgh. Wilson joined the Wernerian Society when we was 17 years old. In 1816, Wilson visited the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Paris. He later returned to Paris to purchase Louis Dufresne's collection of birds for the museum of the University of Edinburgh; and helped to arrange them. In 1819, he visited Sweden, soon after which symptoms of lung disease appeared, and he resided in Italy during 1820–1821. In 1824, he married Isabella Keith. They lived at Woodburn, Dalkeith near Edinburgh, where he wrote and worked on scientific pursuits. When his wife died in 1837, he took a winter re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Non-fiction Writers
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland *Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland *Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina ("chotis"Span ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
