Wilson Street is a thoroughfare in

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, the largest city in Scotland. The street runs east from Virginia Street through the

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until it meets

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History

The street was opened in 1790 and was, along with Brunswick Street, John Street and Hutcheson Street, part of Glasgow's second 'new town'. It was named after George Wilson, a Glasgow merchant, who founded Wilson's School, to the north of the Trongate. Wilson died in London in 1778.

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