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Daniel Wilson

1816–92

Scottish archaeologist and educational reformer. Journalist in London, 1837–42. Honorary secretary of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, 1845. Professor of history and English literature, Toronto University, 1853. President of Toronto University, 1881. Knighted, 1888.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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