Definition of Alexander Wilson

1. Noun. Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813).

Exact synonyms: Wilson
Generic synonyms: Bird Watcher, Ornithologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexander Wilson

Alexander Bell
Alexander Calder
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander I
Alexander II
Alexander III
Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Selcraig
Alexander Selkirk
Alexander VI
Alexander Wilson (current term)
Alexander Woollcott
Alexander of Tralles
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Liberator
Alexanders
Alexandra
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Yersin
Alexandria
Alexandria senna
Alexandrian
Alexandrian laurel

Literary usage of Alexander Wilson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"To THE EDITORS OF 'THE AUK': — Dear Sirs:—The only relatives of Alexander Wilson, the great American ornithologist, that ever emigrated from Scotland to the ..."

2. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap (1918)
"Alexander Wilson. I SHALL, give the biography of this extraordinary man principally by ... Alexander Wilson was born in the town of Paisley, Scotland, ..."

3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1813)
"OBITUARY NOTICES-Alexander Wilson; In the progress of human events, which, however broken in. its course, and varied in its aspect, serves still as a ..."

4. Pioneers of Science in America: Sketches of Their Lives and Scientific Work by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"Alexander Wilson was born on the 6th of July, 1766, at Paisley, in Renfrewshire, ... His father, Alexander Wilson, was a weaver, and reached the age of ..."

5. American Lands and Letters by Donald Grant Mitchell (1898)
"Alexander Wilson. But it was only when Alexander Wilson * found his way to this country from Scotland, toward the close of the last century, ..."

6. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"... AND A SKETCH OF ANOTHER PIONEER Alexander Wilson and his American Ornithology—His canvassing tour of 1810—His retort to a Solomon of the ..."

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