William Wilson (English academic)
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| Born | 1 March 1875 Goodyhills, Cumberland |
| Died | 14 October 1965 (aged 90) |
| Institutions | King's College London |
| Alma mater | Aspatria Agricultural College |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
William Wilson FRSFHAS (1 March 1875 – 14 October 1965) was a leading figure in academic circles. He was born at Goodyhills, in the Abbey Holme district of Cumberland in 1875. He was educated at the village school at Holme St Cuthbert, Cumberland, before attending the Aspatria Agricultural College, Aspatria, Cumberland.
William Wilson was born at Goodyhills, in the Abbey Holme district of Cumberland in 1875; the eldest of eleven children to be born to William Osmotherley Wilson and his wife Isabella. William had taken his middle name from his grandmother who was a member of a prominent Quaker family which can trace their ancestry back to Ranulph de Osmundwerlaw and Agnes de Langrigg in the thirteenth century. He began his education at the village school at Holme St Cuthbert, Cumberland, where he excelled. On the recommendation of the master John Routlege he entered and gained a £25 Lancake scholarship allowing him to attend the Aspatria Agricultural College, Aspatria, Cumberland, at the age of fourteen.
Wilson attended the Aspatria Agricultural College between the years 1891–93 under the tutorship of Henry J. Webb. In 1891 the Science and Art Department, South Kensington awarded him a Second Class Advanced Certificate in botany, mechanics, physiology, advanced chemistry model drawing and mathematics. In 1892 at the examination of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland he was awarded a Diploma and Life membership of the society. In the college internal examinations he gained First prizes for chemistry, mathematics and animal philosophy; Certificates of honour for physiology, botany and zoology; for which he won the Principals prize for gaining the highest aggregate marks in these examinations. In his final year he finished ninth place in the examination of the Royal Agricultural Society and was awarded a first class certificate and life membership of the society. Wilson left Aspatria in the summer of 1893 having gained a scholarship to the value of £80 at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington where he studied agriculture and agricultural chemistry.
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