Charles William Wilson
1836–1905
Military officer and surveyor. Entered the Royal Engineers in 1855, achieving the rank of major-general in 1894. Led a survey of Jerusalem, 1864–5. First director of the topographical department of the War Office, 1870. Head of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland, 1876–86. Knighted 1881. FRS 1874.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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