John Wilson (Scottish writer)

John Wilson c.1840
John Wilson
Wilson's house, Elleray painted by Alexander Nasmyth 1808
Prof John Wilson by James Fillans
John Wilson's grave, Dean Cemetery

John Wilson FRSE (18 May 1785 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.

He was professor of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1820 to 1851.


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