Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher
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Both in body and in mind, John Wilson was a larger than life character. An essayist and a sportsman, he was one of the founders of the right-wing Blackwood's Magazine and, for over thirty years, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Under the name Christopher North, he became a powerful critic and a notorious figure in the nineteenth-century literary world, his reviews wounding reputations and killing promising careers.
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title:Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:21.00 x 15.00 cm
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accession number:PGP HA 2202
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