WILSON, ALEXANDER (1849-1929) was born near Inverness, Scotland, and was educated at the Aberdeen Grammar School and University (graduating M.A. in 1869). He spent a year in Germany, and, arriving in New Zealand in 1874, was appointed English master at the Otago Boys' High School. From 1885 to 1895 he was rector of the Otago Girls' High School and from 1896 to 1906 of the Otago Boys' High School. He was president of the Otago Institute, and the Dunedin Shakespeare Club (1889-1906), and published short studies in Shakespeare. In 1907 Wilson was appointed editor of the New Zealand Times, but in the following year returned to Scotland, where he died on 24 May 1929. In 1931 a memorial tablet to Wilson was presented by the old boys to the Otago Boys' High School.

Cycl. N.Z., iv; Otago B.H.S. Reg.; Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924; Otago Witness, 15 Dec 1931; Otago Daily Times, 5 Jul 1929, 12 Dec 1932, 3 Aug 1933 (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 263

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