Patrick Wilson
1743–1811
Astronomer and typefounder. Son of Alexander Wilson (ODNB), typefounder, and professor of astronomy at Glasgow University, 1760–84. Professor of astronomy, Glasgow University, 1784.
Source
ODNB s.v. Wilson, Alexander
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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