page_title: John Wilson (Scottish writer)
hierarchical_section_title: John Wilson (Scottish writer)
caption_attribution_description: English: John Wilson c.1840
context_page_description: John Wilson of Elleray FRSE was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
  He was professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1820–1851.
context_section_description: John Wilson of Elleray FRSE (18 May 1785 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
  He was professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1820–1851.
caption: John Wilson c.1840
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