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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.
- Polygamy, fabrication
- Alexander Joseph Patrick Wilson, 24 October 1893, Dover, Kent, England
- Writer, teacher, spy, hospital porter
- 7, including Dennis B. Wilson
Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is regarded as the greatest American ornithologist before Audubon .
- July 6, 1766, Paisley, Scotland
- Scottish-American
20 mag 2019 · Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology | Ornithology | Oxford Academic. Journal Article. Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology. by Edward H. Burtt, Jr. and William E. Davis, Jr. 2013. . The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. , Cambridge, MA, USA, and London, UK. . 464.
Alexander Wilson 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. During his early years in Scotland he wrote poetry.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alexander Wilson was born in Paisley, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in 1794, after being charged and incarcerated for libel for a satirical poem he published indicting a local mill owner. Wilson settled first in Philadelphia, where he taught school, befriended the naturalist William…
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WILSON, Alexander Giuseppe Montalenti Ornitologo e poeta inglese, nato a Paisley (Scozia) il 6 luglio 1766, morto a Filadelfia (Pennsylvania) il 23 agosto 1813.