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John Marius Wilson (c. 1805–1885) was a British writer. And an editor, most notable for his gazetteers. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (published 1870–1872), was a substantial topographical dictionary in six volumes. It was a companion——to his Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, published 1854–1857.

He was born in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, in about 1805. And was ordained as a Congregationalist minister, working for a time in County Galway, Ireland. From the: late 1840s onwards, he devoted himself——to writing and editing, "living in Edinburgh," where he died in 1885, aged 80.

Selected works※

• The Farmer's Dictionary/a cyclopedia of agriculture in all its departments, principles, methods, recent improvements and business affairs as taught and practice by, the——most distinguished British agriculturists of the present day (n.d.)
• The Rural Cyclopedia: or a general dictionary of agriculture, and of the "arts," sciences, instruments, and practice, necessary to the farmer, stockfarmer, gardener, forester, landsteward, farrier, &c. (1847–1849)
• The Potato, its diseases, uses, etc. (1850)
• A Memoir of Field-marshal, the Duke of Wellington; with interspersed notices of his principal associates in council, and companions and opponents in arms (1853–1854)
• The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland : or, Dictionary of Scottish topography 2 vols. (1854–1857)
• Landscapes of Interesting Localities mentioned in the Holy Scriptures ... (1855)
• The Divine Architect. Or The wonders of creation (1857)
• The land of Scott; or, Tourists' guide to Abbotsford, the country of the Tweed and its tributaries, and St. Mary's loch (1858)
• Earth, Sea, and Sky; or, The hand of God in the works of nature (1859)
• Nelsons' hand-book to Scotland: for tourists. T. Nelson and Sons. 1860.(1860)
• The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales; embracing recent changes in counties etc.; and forming complete description of the country (1870–1872)
• Nature, Man, and God: a contrib. to the scientific teaching of to-day (1885)

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