James Kinnier Wilson
James V. Kinnier Wilson (born 27 November 1921) is a British Assyriologist. He was Eric Yarrow Lecturer, from 1955 until 1989, and is Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge. Life. Kinnier Wilson was born in Marylebone, London in November 1921. The youngest son of the neurologist Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, he has combined a skill in reconstructing Mesopotamian legends and epics with an enduring interest in the study of the organic and mental diseases of ancient Mesopotamia. As of April 2015, Kinnier Wilson was living in Cambridge. He last published works in 2016.