John Wilson (Scottish Writer) - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

John Wilson died in Edinburgh. In 1865 a statue was erected to his memory in Princes Street Gardens. His brother James Wilson (1795–1856), was known as a zoölogist. Publications include the Works of John Wilson, edited by P. J. Ferrier (12 volumes, Edinburgh, 1855–59); the Noctes Ambrosianœ, edited by R. S. Mackenzie (five volumes, New York, 1854); a Memoir by his daughter, M. W. Gordon (two volumes, Edinburgh, 1862); and for a good estimate, G. Saintsbury, in Essays in English Literature (London, 1890); and C. T. Winchester, "John Wilson," in Group of English Essayists of the Early Nineteenth Century (New York, 1910).

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