wilson   (TTS Sound)

The noun wilson has 11 senses

• Wilson, Harriet Wilson -- (author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870))


• Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson -- (English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991))


• Wilson, Alexander Wilson -- (Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813))


• Wilson, Robert Woodrow Wilson -- (United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918))


• Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson -- (Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993))


• Wilson, James Wilson -- (American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798))


• Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson -- (United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929))


• Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson -- (Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959))


• Wilson, Edmund Wilson -- (United States literary critic (1895-1972))


• Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson -- (28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924))


• Wilson, Mount Wilson -- (a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high))