Thomas Wilson
| Thomas Wilson | |||||||
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| Born | 1832 | ||||||
| Died | 1902 | ||||||
| Residence |
United States Consul, Nice [1885] Curator of Prehistoric Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington | ||||||
| Occupation |
museum work diplomacy | ||||||
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1884.11.11 proposed
proposed 8 Jan. 1889 as corresponding fellow
Notes From Elsewhere
Wilson, Thomas — U.S. Consul in Nice, 1884. Burial location unknown.
letter from him on ancient human skeleton from Mentone, France quoted in Science vol. III no. 65 (1884)
Thomas Wilson, Curator of Prehistoric Anthropology
He was a member of the field staff at the Chicago World's Fair of 1883. He served as the first curator of the Ohio Historical Society and director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology at Philips Academy in Andover. He would later gain great acclaim for his excavations in and around Cahokia
Obit. in American Anthropologist new series vol. 4 no. 2 (1902) by Otis T. Mason; saved in obit files
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The swastika, the earliest known symbol and its migrations
