Author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870).

synonym: Harriet Wilson.

English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991).

synonyms: Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson.

Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813).

synonym: Alexander Wilson.

United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918).

synonym: Robert Woodrow Wilson.

Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993).

synonym: John Tuzo Wilson.

American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798).

synonym: James Wilson.

United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929).

synonyms: E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson.

Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959).

synonym: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson.

United States literary critic (1895-1972).

synonym: Edmund Wilson.

28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924).

synonyms: President Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson.

A peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high).

synonym: Mount Wilson.