Thomas Wilson 1769-1786

Thomas Wilson was born in Co. Donegal in 1726 and educated in Co. Dublin. In 1743-1744 he enrolled in Trinity College at the age of 17. He became a Scholar in 1746 and graduated BA in 1748, MA in 1753, BD in 1758 and DD in 1764. He was elected a Fellow (1853) and served as Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy from 1769 to 1786. He served as the Archbishop King’s Lecturer (1785) and in 1786 became the Church of Ireland rector at Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone. He died on 22^nd September 1799.

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