Alexander Wilson

(1766-1813)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 NRA: Wilson Alexander (1766-1813) ornithologist DNB: Wilson, Alexander (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet LBT ID: AlWilso1813 VIAF ID: 34471057 LOC ID: n50015500	B/BAP: 1766-07-06 DIED: 1813-08-23
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish weaver, pedlar, and poet who emigrated to the United States in 1794 where he became a schoolmaster and naturalist; he published American Ornithology (1808–14).
REFERENCES TO Alexander Wilson: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Prelude 2 Found 1: ¶ 26