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John Wilson
Biography
John Wilson's father was also called John Wilson and he lived at The How in Applethwaite where his son was born. John Junior, the subject of this biography, attended school at Staveley, near Kendal. From there he entered Peterhouse, Cambridge matriculating on 29 June 1757, and he was the Senior Wrangler in 1761. This means that he was the best of all the First Class students to graduate after taking the Mathematical Tripos.Before he took his final examinations Wilson had already gained a strong reputation and he had also attracted considerable attention by defending Waring, who was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, from strong attacks which had been made on him as a result of his text Miscellanea analyticaⓉ.
On 7 July 1764 Wilson was elected a Fellow of Peterhouse and he taught mathematics at Cambridge with great skill, quickly gaining an outstanding reputation for himself. However, he was not to continue in the world of university teaching, for in 1766 he was called to the bar having begun a legal career on 22 January 1763 when he was admit
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John Wilson (conductor)
British conductor, arranger, and musicologist
John Wilson (born 1972) is a British conductor, arranger and musicologist, who conducts orchestras and operas, as well as big band jazz. He is the artistic director of Sinfonia of London.
Education
Wilson was born in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. He attended Breckenbeds Junior High School in Low Fell, then Heathfield Senior High School in Gateshead (now closed). In the late 1980s he studied music at A-level at Newcastle College, where he conducted a variety of ensembles including a 96-piece orchestra and choir for a concert version of West Side Story. He wrote and directed his own pantomime during this period and he also conducted for many local amateur dramatic societies. Later he attended the Royal College of Music, first as a percussionist, and later studying composition and conducting.[1] During this time he won the institution's Tagore Gold Medal for outstanding academic excellence.[2]
Career
In 2004 Wilson was appointed the music director for the Hollywood fea
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John Wilson (filmmaker)
American documentary filmmaker
John Michael Wilson (born October 7, 1986) is an American documentary filmmaker. He is the creator and director of How To with John Wilson, a comedy-docuseries on HBO.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Wilson was born in Astoria, Queens, and grew up on Long Island. He became interested in film as a teenager when his father gave him a movie camera. Wilson cites Les Blank, George Kuchar, and Bruce Brown as influences.[1]
Shortly after graduating from high school, Wilson completed a feature film called Jingle Berry.[4] He added the reference to Jingle Berry to his own Wikipedia page in season 2, episode 4 of How To with John Wilson.[5]
While attending Binghamton University, Wilson made a short documentary, Looner, about a balloon fetish community.[6][7] At Binghamton, Wilson joined an a cappella singing group, the Binghamton Crosbys.[8]
Career
In 2008, after graduating from college, Wilson worked for a p
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