Wilson Dobie Wilson

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(30 November 1803 – 1838) was a nineteenth-century Scottish author, editor and traveller. He was a member of the

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council, and a member of the Honourable Faculty of Advocates though he did not practise. He lived in Gleverebach. Wilson married Georgiana Summer, daughter of John Sumner,

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. They had one son and one daughter.

Bibliography

* Description of an Ancient Cross: at Kilmory in Argyleshire (1839)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Wilson Dobie Scottish antiquarians Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1803 births 1838 deaths Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland