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Alexander Joseph Patrick Wilson (24 October 1893 – 4 April 1963) was an English writer, spy and MI6 officer. He wrote under the names Alexander Wilson, Geoffrey Spencer, Gregory Wilson, and Michael Chesney. After his death, his family discovered that he had been a serial polygamist who had lied to many people.
WILSON, Alexander Giuseppe Montalenti Ornitologo e poeta inglese, nato a Paisley (Scozia) il 6 luglio 1766, morto a Filadelfia (Pennsylvania) il 23 agosto 1813.
20 mag 2019 · Burtt and Davis portray Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) as an exception to this prevailing narrative of birthright leadership. Born to working-class Scottish parents, Wilson grew up a weaver, a poet, and an advocate for the individual rights of factory workers in class-conscious 18th century Europe.
Ornitologo e poeta scozzese (Paisley 1766 - Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, 1813). Fu operaio tessitore; nel 1794, per ragioni politiche, emigrò negli USA dove visse facendo l'insegnante in Pennsylvania.
Who Was Alexander Wilson? When the Wilson Ornithological Society was founded in the late nineteenth century, it was named in honor of Alexander Wilson, who lived from 1766 to 1813 and is sometimes credited as “the father of American ornithology.”.
Read an exclusive Q&A with Alexander Wilson biographer Tim Crook, and learn more about the mysterious life of Wilson and his families.
Alexander Wilson was a Scottish-born ornithologist and poet whose pioneering work on North American birds, American Ornithology, 9 vol., (1808–14), established him as a founder of American ornithology and one of the foremost naturalists of his time.
