John Wilson (Scottish writer)

John Wilson of Elleray 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.

For other people named John Wilson, see John Wilson (disambiguation).

He was professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1820 to 1851.

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