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| 1. | Sir Angus (Frank John⋅stone) [jon-stuhn, -suhn] , 1913–91, English writer. |
| 2. | August, 1945-2005, U.S. playwright. |
| 3. | Charles Thom⋅son Rees [tom-suhn-rees] , 1869–1959, Scottish physicist: Nobel prize 1927. |
| 4. | Edith Bolling (Galt), 1872–1961, U.S. first lady 1915–21 (second wife of Woodrow Wilson). |
| 5. | Edmund, 1895–1972, U.S. literary and social critic. |
| 6. | Ellen Louise Axson, 1860–1914, U.S. first lady 1913–14 (first wife of Woodrow Wilson). |
| 7. | Harriet, 1825–1900, U.S. novelist: first African American woman to publish a novel. |
| 8. | Henry (Jeremiah Jones Colbath or Colbaith), 1812–75, U.S. politician: vice president of the U.S. 1873–75. |
| 9. | James, 1742–98, U.S. jurist, born in Scotland: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1789–98. |
| 10. | Sir (James) Harold, 1916–95, British statesman: prime minister 1964–70, 1974–76. |
| 11. | John (“Christopher North”), 1785–1854, Scottish poet, journalist, and critic. |
| 12. | Lanford [lan-ferd] , born 1937, U.S. playwright. |
| 13. | Robert W(oodrow), born 1936, U.S. radio astronomer: Nobel prize for physics 1978. |
| 14. | Sloan, born 1920, U.S. journalist and novelist. |
| 15. | (Thomas) Woodrow, 1856–1924, 28th president of the U.S. 1913–21: Nobel peace prize 1919. |
| 16. | Mount, a mountain in SW California, near Pasadena: observatory. 5710 ft. (1740 m). |
| 17. | a city in E North Carolina. 34,424. |
| 18. | a male given name. |
| Wil·son (wĭl'sən) A city of east-central North Carolina east of Raleigh. It is a trade and processing center. Population: 47,400. |
| Wilson, August 1945-2005. American playwright who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fences (1985) and The Piano Lesson (1987). |
| Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees 1869-1959. British physicist. He shared a 1927 Nobel Prize for devising the cloud chamber. |
| Wilson, Edith Bolling 1872-1961. First Lady of the United States (1915-1921) as the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She was actively involved in government during the serious illness of her husband (1919-1920). |
| Wilson, Edmund 1895-1972. American literary critic whose influential works include Axel's Castle (1931), a study of the symbolist movement, and Patriotic Gore (1962), a critique of literature from the Civil War era. |
| Wilson, Ellen Louise Axson 1860-1914. First Lady of the United States (1913-1914) as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She died during Wilson's first term. |
| Wilson, Harriet 1808-1870? American author whose work Our Nig (1859) was the first novel by an African American published in the United States. |
| Wilson, James 1742-1798. American Revolutionary patriot and jurist. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he later served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789-1798). |
| Wilson, (James) British politician who served as prime minister (1964-1970 and 1974-1976). His administration was marked by turmoil in Rhodesia and Northern Ireland and resistance to a price and income policy. He resigned in 1976. |
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| Wilson, (Thomas) The 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), whose administration was marked by World War I and the introduction of prohibition. At the Paris Peace Conference (1919) he included the establishment of the League of Nations as a proviso of the Treaty of Versailles. The winner of the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize, he was unable to convince the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty. Wil·so'ni·an (-sō'nē-ən) adj. |