James Grant Wilson (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
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| - جيمس غرانت ويلسون (بالإنجليزية: James Grant Wilson) (28 أبريل 1832، إدنبرة في المملكة المتحدة - 1 فبراير 1914، نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة)؛ مؤرخ وروائي أمريكي.
- James Grant Wilson (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- James Grant Wilson, né le 28 avril 1832 à Édimbourg et mort le 1er février 1914 à New York, est un biographe, éditeur et écrivain Américain, qui en 1857 fonde le Chicago Record, première revue littéraire de l'Illinois. Pendant la Guerre de Sécession, il est tout d'abord major du 15th Illinois Cavalry puis Brevet brigadier general en 1865. Il s'installe ensuite à New York et écrit des ouvrages biographiques et historiques. Il devient éditeur de l’Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography et président de la Society of American Authors ainsi que de la .
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| - جيمس غرانت ويلسون (بالإنجليزية: James Grant Wilson) (28 أبريل 1832، إدنبرة في المملكة المتحدة - 1 فبراير 1914، نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة)؛ مؤرخ وروائي أمريكي.
- James Grant Wilson (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- James Grant Wilson, né le 28 avril 1832 à Édimbourg et mort le 1er février 1914 à New York, est un biographe, éditeur et écrivain Américain, qui en 1857 fonde le Chicago Record, première revue littéraire de l'Illinois. Pendant la Guerre de Sécession, il est tout d'abord major du 15th Illinois Cavalry puis Brevet brigadier general en 1865. Il s'installe ensuite à New York et écrit des ouvrages biographiques et historiques. Il devient éditeur de l’Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography et président de la Society of American Authors ainsi que de la .
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