James Crocket Wilson
James Crocket Wilson (July 19, 1841 – October 8, 1899) was a Canadian businessman and politician in the province of Quebec.
Born near Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Samuel Wilson and Elizabeth Crocket, Wilson emigrated ...
(1841–1899), Canadian MP from Quebec
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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
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James Wilson (Ontario MPP)
James Wilson (December 14, 1810 – May 14, 1891) was an Irish-born farmer, Methodist preacher and political figure in Ontario. He represented Norfolk North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1871 as a Conservative member ...
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 ...
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
* James Phillips Wilson (c. 1852–1925), South Australian Labor politician
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
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
* James Wilson (journalist) (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 Tahi ...
(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
* James H. Wilson (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 ...
, American basketball player
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James Wilson (cricketer)
James Wilson (born 3 November 1978) is a South African former cricketer. He played in one first-class and one List A match for Border
Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terra ...
James Wilson (footballer, born 1866)
James Wilson (circa 1866 – 1900) was a Scottish footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian ...
(c. 1866–1900), Scottish footballer
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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 ...
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. ...
(born 1995), English professional footballer for Port Vale
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James Wilson (1910s footballer)
James H. Wilson was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United as a goalkeeper.
Personal life
Wilson served in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War
World War I (28 July ...
, English footballer
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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
* James Wilson (trainer) (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 ...
(1896–1986), American football player and coach
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James H. Wilson (American football)
James H. Wilson (March 6, 1940 – March 27, 2013) was an American football coach. He was the 25th head football coach at The Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia and he held that position for four seasons, from 1971 until 1974. His coach ...
(1940–2013), American football coach
Science and medicine
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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 S ...
(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
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James George Wilson
Prof James George Wilson MD FRSE FFPSG FRCSE (1830–1881) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon and obstetrician. He was the first Superintendent and Physician of the Glasgow Maternity Hospital.
Life
He was born in Glasgow in 1830 the son of ...
(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
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 ...
(1922–2005), Irish composer
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James Wilson (globe maker)
James Wilson (March 15, 1763 – March 26, 1855) was the first maker of globes in the United States.
Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Wilson farmed with his father and trained as a blacksmith, though he had little other formal education. He m ...
(1763–1855), American globe maker
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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
* James Daniel Wilson (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''
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
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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 ...