Charles Algernon Wilson b. 1818

Also known as Amator Naturae, Algernon Wilson, Ally Wilson
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Charles Algernon Wilson was not only a natural history painter and sketcher but also a solicitor, public servant and entomologist. In 1860 he was elected a fellow of the British Linnaean Society. Wilson also helped found the Philosophical Society of South Australia in 1853.

Citations

  • Wilson, S.C. & Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870