1. (noun) author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

• harriet wilson

2. (noun) English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)

• angus frank johnstone wilson
• sir angus wilson

3. (noun) Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

• alexander wilson

4. (noun) United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)

• robert woodrow wilson

5. (noun) Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)

• john tuzo wilson

6. (noun) American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)

• james wilson

7. (noun) United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)

• e. o. wilson
• edward osborne wilson

8. (noun) Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

• charles thomson rees wilson

9. (noun) United States literary critic (1895-1972)

• edmund wilson

10. (noun) 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)

• president wilson
• thomas woodrow wilson
• woodrow wilson

11. (noun) a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)

• mount wilson

1. (noun) 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)

• wilsonian