Emilie's father, James Wilson
, was a businessman, and founded The Economist in 1843. He became a Liberal MP in 1847. He was the son of a wealthy, Quaker textile manufacturer.
Westwater, Martha. The Wilson Sisters. Ohio University Press, 1984.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under James Wilson6
Textual Production
Emilie Barrington
EB
published her life of her father James Wilson
, The Servant of All.
Her full title, deliberate in its religious flavour, is The Servant of All, Pages from the Family, Social and Political Life of my Father, James Wilson
; twenty years of mid-Victorian life. Three letters...
Timeline
2 September 1843: The Economist, a new weekly founded by businessman...
Writing climate item
2 September 1843
The Economist, a new weekly founded by businessman and MP James Wilson
, issued its first number.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
