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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.
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. [1] Biography. Early life.
The unaccountable and extraordinary life of Alexander Wilson spanned 69 years, four wives, seven children and two wars, and even still, questions remain about the spy and author’s career...
Jul 2, 2024 · 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.
Born in Dover, Kent, to an Irish mother and an English army officer father, Alexander Wilson spent his childhood following his father to Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong and Ceylon. By 1925,...
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.”
Dec 12, 2018 · BBC One's Mrs Wilson - in which the actress Ruth Wilson plays her own grandmother - has shone an unforgiving light on the author, spy and bigamist Alexander Wilson.
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 an English writer, spy and MI6 officer. Under his own name and the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Spencer, Gregory Wilson, and Michael Chesney, he penned 24 novels between 1928 and 1940.
Born in Scotland, Alexander Wilson emigrated to the United States and established the discipline of ornithology there. His pioneering study on North American birds , American Ornithology , made him a leading naturalist of his time.
