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ROBERT WILSON, an American author, born in New York in 1850. He was educated at Cornell University, and in 1876 received the degree of M.D. from Columbian (now George Washington) University. During the Civil War he served as a midshipman.
In 1876 he was commissioned 1st lieutenant, medical department, United States Army, retiring in 1891 with the rank of major. From 1876 to 1881 he served as surgeon during the Indian wars. In 1882 he became curator of the Army Medical Museum, Washington. He was a member of many domestic and foreign scientific societies. His numerous publications include, besides some 1,300 articles on medicine, science, travel, etc., "Scientific Taxidermy for Museums" (1894); "The Negro" (1907); "Osteology of Birds" (1909), etc.