| Authorised form of name | Lowry; Wilson (1762 - 1824); engraver and mathematician |
| Dates | 1762 - 1824 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 24 January 1762 |
| Place of death | His house in Great Titchfield Street, London |
| Date of death | 23 June 1824 |
| Occupation | Engraver |
| Activity | Career:
Learned engraving; went to London to make a drawing of Lunardi's balloon for William Blizard (FRS 1787); began to study to become a surgeon, at Blizard's suggestion, but gave it up after four years; studied mathematics; invented instruments to do with engraving; engraved plates for the Rees Cyclopaedia
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/03/1812 |
| Relationships | Son of Strickland Lowry, portrait painter |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/4852754 |
| Code | NA3262 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002819 | Lowry, Wilson | nd |
| EC/1811/23 | Lowry, Wilson: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/12/4/2 | Plate, diagram of pendulum, support, frame, and instruments by Mary F Kater | July 1817 |
| PT/12/4/3 | Plate, diagram of arrangement of instruments for Kater's experiment by Caroline Broume | [1817] |
| HS/11/492 | Letter, from Wilson Lowry to Sir John Herschel | 25 April 1823 |
| HS/11/491 | Letter, from Wilson Lowry to Sir John Herschel | 16 February 1820 |