Wilson, Sir Erasmus, English surgeon, a great authority on skin diseases, and devoted much time to the study of Egyptian antiquities; it was at his instance that the famous Cleopatra's Needle was brought to England; he was liberal in endowments for the advance of medical science (1809‒1884).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Wilson, Sir Daniel * Wilson, George