Background
Wilson, Leonard Gilchrist was born on June 11, 1928 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Son of George Edward and Mary Agnes (MacPhee) Wilson.
Wilson, Leonard Gilchrist was born on June 11, 1928 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Son of George Edward and Mary Agnes (MacPhee) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, Canada, 1949; Master of Science, U. London, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1958.
Lecturer, Mount Allison U., Sackville, N.B., Canada, 1950-1953; visiting instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 1958-1959; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1959-1960; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1960-1965; associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1965-1967; professor, head department history of medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1967-1998; professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1998.
(Book by Wilson, Leonard G.)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association History of Medicine, American History Association, History of Science Society, Minnesota Academy Medicine (president 1984-1985, secretary-treasurer since 1989), British Society for the History of Science, Society for the History of natural History.
Married Adelia Katherine Hans, June 7, 1969. 1 child, George Edward Hans.