John Wilson

1847 - 1896

John Wilson graduated from Edinburgh University and trained as a Free Church minister. He took over the Rectorship of his father's Academy in Bannockburn but later moved to Edinburgh as a tutor in mathematics and physics. He became Treasurer of the EMS in 1888 and President in 1896.
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EMS Treasurer1888-1895
EMS President1896

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