Background
WILSON, John was born on October 24, 1908 in Ottawa. Son of John Armitstead Wilson, C.B.E., and Henrietta Loetitia (nee Tuzo).
WILSON, John was born on October 24, 1908 in Ottawa. Son of John Armitstead Wilson, C.B.E., and Henrietta Loetitia (nee Tuzo).
Ashbury College School, Ottawa, University of Toronto and Cambridge, and Princeton University.
Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Canada 1936-1939. Field Service and Staff (Colonel), Canadian Army 46. Professor, of Geophysics, University of Toronto 1946-1974, Emeritus since 1977, Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto since 1962, Principal Erindale College, University of Toronto 1967-1974.
Director-General Ontario Science Centre 1974-1985. Chancellor, York University, Toronto 1983-1987. President Institute Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1957-1960.
President American Geophysical Union 1980-1982. Trustee, National Museums of Canada 1967-1974. Foreign Association, United States National Academy, of Sciences.
Married Isabel Jean Dickson in 1938.