page_title: Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) / Biography / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the memorial statue of Alexander Wilson at the Paisley Abbey in Paisley, Scotland
context_page_description: Alexander Wilson was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is regarded as the greatest American ornithologist prior to Audubon.
context_section_description: Wilson died on August 23, 1813, "of dysentery, overwork, and chronic poverty" according to one report. He was buried in Philadelphia, in the cemetery at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') church. The ninth and final volume of American Ornithology was completed by Wilson's friend and patron George Ord.
  An image entitled "Swedish Lutheran Church", which depicts an apparently elderly individual mourning at the grave of Wilson, was drawn by Thomas Sully (1783–1872), engraved and printed in 1828 by Cephas G. Childs and B. Rogers, respectively, and published in a book of landscapes, Views of Philadelphia (1827–1830).
caption: Wilson statue at Paisley Abbey
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