James Robert Wilson
James Robert Wilson, (September 16, 1866 – April 3, 1941) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Almonte, Canada West, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1884 and was employed at a grocery and hardware store. During the 1885 North-West R ...
(1866–1941), mayor of Saskatoon and member of the Parliament of Canada
* James Wilson (Ontario MPP) (1810–1891), Canadian politician
James Wilson (New South Wales politician, born 1865)
James Wilson (6 December 1865 – 14 April 1927) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician.
He was born at Akaroa to shipwright John Newbegin Wilson and Marjorie, ''née'' Bow. He was educated locally and raised on a farm, marrying Jeanni ...
(1865–1927), New Zealand-born Australian politician
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James Wilson (New Zealand politician, born 1849)
Sir James Glenny Wilson (probably on 29 November 1849 – 3 May 1929) was a New Zealand politician and farmer.
Biography
Originally from Hawick, Roxburghshire in Scotland, Wilson was educated at Bruce Castle School, in London, and then a ...
(1849–1929), New Zealand politician and farmer
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James Wilson (New Zealand politician, born 1814)
James Wilson (1814–1898) was a New Zealand farmer and politician. He was born in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1814. He was a member of the Southland Provincial Council representing the Waihopai electorate from 1861–1867 and again from ...
(1814–1898)
*Sir James Milne Wilson (1812–1880), Australian politician in Tasmania
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James Phillips Wilson
James Phillips Wilson (5 October 1853 – 6 July 1925) was a politician in South Australia.
History
Wilson was born in Wales and was brought out to New South Wales around 1850 by his father, a miner. He was educated at Fort Street School, th ...
James Wilson (Labour politician)
James Wilson (24 August 1879 – 15 August 1943) was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley (UK Parliament constituency), Dudley from ...
(1879–1943), British MP for Dudley and Oldham
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Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
(1916–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964–1970 and 1974–1976
* James Wilson (businessman) (1805–1860), UK member of parliament and founder of ''The Economist'' magazine
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James Wilson (Orangeman)
James Wilson was the founder of the Orange Institution, also known as the Orange Order.
After a disturbance in Benburb on 24 June 1794, in which Protestant homes were attacked, Wilson appealed to the Freemasons, of which he was a member,"James Wi ...
(fl. 1793–94), North Irish politician, founder of the Orange Institution
United States
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James Wilson (Founding Father)
James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. Wilson was elected ...
(1742–1798), Founding Father of the United States
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James Wilson (Colorado politician)
James D. Wilson is an American politician who served as the Colorado State Representative for the 60th district from January 9, 2013 to January 13, 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Education
Wilson earned his BA in history, physic ...
James F. Wilson
James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two-te ...
(1828–1895), US Senator and Representative from Iowa
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James J. Wilson
James Jefferson Wilson (1775July 28, 1824) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1815 to 1821.
Biography
Wilson was born in Essex County, New Jersey, where he attended the common schools. He was editor and publisher of the ''True American'' of ...
(1775–1824), US Senator from New Jersey
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James M. Wilson Jr.
James Morrison Wilson Jr. (July 8, 1918 – November 25, 2009) was an official in the United States Department of State who launched the State Department's annual country reports on human rights in 1975, and who served as Assistant Secretary of St ...
(1918–2009), Assistant Secretary of State
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James Wilson (journalist)
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James Wilson (20 February 1787 – 17 October 1850) was a journalist and politician who was the paternal grandfather of US president Woodrow Wilson.
Life and career
Born in Ulster, Ireland in 1787, Wilson emigrated in his youth to the U ...
(1787–1850), Irish-American journalist, politician, and judge
James Wilson (explorer)
Captain James Wilson (1760–1814), commanded the British ship ''Duff'', which the London Missionary Society contracted in 1797 to convey a team of missionaries (consisting of thirty men, six women, and three children) to their postings in Tahiti ...
(1760–1814), brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti
* James Wilson (Irish nationalist) (1836–1921), Irish republican convicted of desertion
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James Wilson (revolutionary)
James Wilson (3 September 1760 – 30 August 1820), commonly known as "Purly Wilson," was a Scottish revolutionary, born in the parish of Avondale in Scotland, a prominent figure in the Radicalism (historical), Radical movement seeking electoral ...
(1760–1820), Scottish leader of the Radical War
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James H. Wilson
James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837 – February 23, 1925) was a United States Army topographic engineer and a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War. He served as an aide to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan during the Maryland Camp ...
(1837–1925), general in the United States Army
Sportsmen
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James Wilson (athlete)
James Wilson (2 October 1891 – 1973) was a Scottish long-distance runner who specialised in the 10,000 metres. He competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres, five seconds behind Paavo Nur ...
James Wilson (basketball)
James "Pookie" Wilson was a streetballer from Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City.
College basketball
He played at John Jay College. At John Jay he played under Coach Bob Fox. He was a 5'9" guard who is said to be the best person in the confere ...
James Wilson (footballer, born 1882)
James Wilson (born 6 April 1882) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played for St Mirren F.C., St Mirren and Preston North End F.C., Preston North End, mainly as an Forward (association football)#Inside forward, inside right. Whi ...
, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Preston NE)
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James Wilson (footballer, born 1884)
James Henry Wilson (29 February 1884 – 1 July 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia ser ...
(1884–1934), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
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James Wilson (footballer, born 1890)
James Gilmour Wilson (19 November 1890 – 15 December 1917) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.
Personal life
Wilson attended Kilwinning Higher Grade School and Irvine Royal A ...
(1890–1917), Scottish footballer (Queen's Park)
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James Wilson (Welsh footballer)
James Steven Wilson (born 26 February 1989) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Plymouth Argyle. He has also represented Wales at international level. Primarily a centre-back, he can also play at right-back.
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(born 1989), Welsh professional footballer with Plymouth Argyle
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James Wilson (English footballer)
James Antony Wilson (born 1 December 1995) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club Port Vale F.C., Port Vale.
He began his career with Manchester United F.C. ...
James Wilson (rugby union)
James William Rangi Wilson (born 7 July 1983) is a retired professional rugby union player from New Zealand.
In 2003 Southland introduced Wilson to the NPC when he played against Marlborough. Having played for Southland for eight seasons he ha ...
(born 1983), New Zealand rugby player
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James Wilson (trainer)
James "Old Jim" Wilson (26 December 1828 – November 1917) was a racehorse trainer in Victoria, Australia, founder of the historic St Albans Stud in Geelong, and trainer of the 1873 Melbourne Cup winner Don Juan and 1876 winner Briseis.
His old ...
(1828–1917), founder of St. Albans Stud, Victoria, Australia
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James B. Wilson
James Bentley Wilson (July 8, 1896 – September 25, 1986) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University at Buffalo from 1932 to 1933 and again from 1950 to 1951 and at Canisius College from 19 ...
James Wilson (anatomist)
Dr James Wilson (1765–1821) was a British anatomist. A pupil of John Hunter (surgeon), John Hunter, he took over Hunter's position teaching anatomy at the Great Windmill Street School in London, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He ...
(1765–1821), Scottish anatomist
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James Wilson (scientist)
James M. Wilson is a biomedical researcher with expertise in gene therapy. Wilson graduated from Albion College (B.A., Chemistry) and the University of Michigan (MD, PhD). He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts ...
, American gene therapist
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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 ...
James A. Wilson
James Arthur Wilson is a mathematician working on special functions and orthogonal polynomials who introduced Wilson polynomials, Askey–Wilson polynomials In mathematics, the Askey–Wilson polynomials (or ''q''-Wilson polynomials) are a family ...
(21st century), American mathematician
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James Arthur Wilson
Dr James Arthur Wilson FRCP (1795 – 29 December 1882) was a British physician.
He was born in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, the son of James Wilson, the surgeon and teacher of anatomy at the Hunterian School of Medicine in Great Windmill Str ...
(1795–1882), English physician
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James G. Wilson
James G. Wilson (1915–1987) was an embryologist and anatomist, known for his ''Six Principles of Teratology''. In 1960 he co-founded ''The Teratology Society'', and was since then one of its most active members.
The ''James G. Wilson Publicatio ...
(1915–1987), embryologist and anatomist
* James George Wilson (1830–1881), Scottish surgeon and professor of midwifery
* James Ricker Wilson (1922–2007), American theoretical physicist
* James Thomas Wilson (1861–1945), British professor of anatomy
Arts and craftspersons
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James Wilson (architect)
James Wilson (1816–1900) was a prominent Victorian architect practising in Bath, Somerset and partner in the firm Wilson & Willcox.
On 12 January 1843 he married Maria Buckley of Llanelli, and in 1846 they had a son, James Buckley Wilso ...
(1816–1900), British architect in Bath
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James Wilson (cinematographer)
James Wilson was a British cinematographer.
The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe his work for the B movie production company The Danzigers in the 1950s as one of the company's "strongest assets", especially in his abi ...
(active 1927–1963), British cinematographer
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James Wilson (composer)
James Wilson (27 September 1922 – 6 August 2005) was an Irish composer. Though born in England, Wilson was a resident of Ireland for over 50 years.
Early life
Wilson was born in Islington, London. His father, a chemist, died when James was on ...
James Wilson (songwriter)
James Wilson was an 18th-century songwriter from Hexham, Northumberland.
Early life
James Wilson was a schoolteacher by trade.
After spending some time teaching in Hexham, he suffered financial embarrassment and had to move away.
He chose ...
, 18th-century English songwriter
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James Daniel Wilson
James Daniel Wilson is an English actor and writer in various media including lip sync translations of foreign films into English.
Films James has written for include '' The Door'' starring Helen Mirren and directed by István Szabó, ''Vicky a ...
(born 1977), English actor
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James Keys Wilson
James Keys Wilson (April 11, 1828 – October 21, 1894) was a prominent architect in Cincinnati, Ohio.Mark Wilson (magician) or James Wilson (1929–2021), American magician
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James Perry Wilson
James Perry Wilson (August 13, 1889 - August 12, 1976) was an American, painter, designer, and architect best known for his natural history dioramas. Active for over 40 years, he is noted for his work with the American Museum of Natural History, ...
(1889–1976), American painter, designer, and architect
James Southall Wilson
James Southall Wilson (1880–1963) was an author, University of Virginia professor, and founder of the ''Virginia Quarterly Review''. He organized the 1931 Southern Writers Conference. His wife, Julia Tyler, was the granddaughter of President ...
(1880–1963), American author, professor, and founder of the ''Virginia Quarterly Review''
Clergy
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James Wilson (Archdeacon of Manchester)
James Maurice Wilson (6 November 1836, Castletown, Isle of Man – 15 April 1931, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire, England) was a British priest in the Church of England as well as a theologian, teacher and astronomer.
Early life
Wilson and his t ...
James Hood Wilson
James Hood Wilson (7 February 1829 – 6 December 1903) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1895/96. He was a major campaigner for the T ...
(1829–1903), moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1895
Other
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James Wilson (civil servant)
Sir James Wilson, (27 February 1853 – 22 September 1926)WILSON, Sir James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016 was a British civil servant in British Raj, British India, where he spent most of his ca ...
Jim Wilson (disambiguation) Jim, Jimmy, or Jimmie Wilson may refer to:
Entertainment
* Jimmy Wilson (blues musician) (1918–1966), West Coast blues singer of the 1950s
* Jim Wilson (guitarist), guitar player for rock band Mother Superior and Rollins Band
* Jim Wilson (pia ...