Daniel Wilson
Cochrane, William, 1831-1898 · The Canadian album: men of Canada · Public domain
- Born
- 1816 · Edinburgh.
- Died
- 1892 · Toronto.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- anthropologist · archaeologist · historian · writer · painter
- Education
- Royal High School
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada · Knight Bachelor
- Languages
- English
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Daniel Wilson studied at Royal High School. The recorded working language is English. Positions recorded include President of the University of Toronto. Work by Daniel Wilson is recorded in the collections of Yale Center for British Art. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Knight Bachelor.
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Daniel Wilson, an archaeologist, historian, painter, engraver, landscapist and printmaker, was born on 5 January 1816 and died on 6 August 1892. Daniel Wilson was born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Daniel Wilson died in Toronto, Canada, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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- 1.edinburgh Post Office Directory 1816
- 2.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1845
- 3.Chippindale, Christopher. The Invention of Words for the Idea of 'Prehistory'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 54. 303–314. 1988. 2050-2729.
- 4.Edinburgh Post Office directory 1850
- 5.U of T's Brand Portal. brand.utoronto.ca.
- 6.MemberListW | American Antiquarian Society. www.americanantiquarian.org.
- 7.The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. 978-0-902198-84-5.
- 8.Presidents. Royal Canadian Institute for Science.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Wilson, Sir Daniel. XII.
- Grant, William Lawson. 28. 691.
- Hulse, Elizabeth (ed.), Thinking with both hands: Sir Daniel Wilson in the old world and the new. Toronto & London, University of Toronto Press, 1999.
- Wilson, Sir Daniel.
- Wilson, Sir Daniel.
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