John Wilson - Literary Figures

Literary Figures

  • John Wilson (historian) (1799–1870), author of Our Israelitish Origin (1840), a founding text of British Israelism
  • John Wilson (Canadian writer) (born 1951), children's writer, winner of the Norma Fleck Award
  • John Wilson (playwright) (1626–1696), English playwright
  • John Wilson (Scottish writer) (1785–1854), Scottish writer
  • John Burgess Wilson (1917–1993), British author, pen name Anthony Burgess
  • John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), English philosopher
  • John Marius Wilson, author of Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
  • J. Dover Wilson (John Dover Wilson, 1881–1969), professor and scholar of Renaissance literature
  • John S. Wilson (music critic) (died 2002), American music critic and jazz radio host
  • John Mackay Wilson (1804–1835), Scottish writer

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