The New International Encyclopædia/Wilson, William

WILSON, William (1801-60). An English poet and publisher, born in Perthshire. At the age of twenty-two he became editor of the Literary Olio at Dundee, and in 1826 removed to Edinburgh, where he established himself in business and was a member of the literary circle of Christopher North. In 1832 he came to America and became a bookseller and publisher at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was the father of Gen. James Grant Wilson. He was a lifelong contributor of verse to the reviews of England and America, but never published his poetry in book form. A selection, edited by B. J. Lossing, appeared, however, in 1869.