Author talk:Alexander Wilson (1849–1929)

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Alex or Alexander Wilson?
https://digitalnz.org/records/43365385/a-wilson-m-a-rector https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BatPict-t1-body1-d8-d17.html (p171)

Alexander Wilson was Rector of Otago Girls High. He was a graduate of the Unversity of Aberdeen
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18750123.2.25 Otago Witness, Issue 1208, 23 January 1875, Page 7 Noracrentiss (talk) 09:18, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Confirmation: "Mr Wilson, Principal of the Girls’ High School, will lecture on “The Border Ballads." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18860712.2.9 Wainuiomartian (talk) 03:14, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

His career can be followed in Papers Past: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19060830.2.13

Died in Scotland - article gives birth and death as 1849 - 1929.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19311215.2.107 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19290709.2.105 Wainuiomartian (talk) 03:29, 8 February 2024 (UTC)