| Authorised form of name | Wilson; William Edward (1851 - 1908); astronomer |
| Dates | 1851 - 1908 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Greenisland, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland |
| Date of birth | 19 July 1851 |
| Place of death | Daramona, Street, Westmeath, Ireland |
| Date of death | 06/03/1908 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Family burying ground, Street Parish Church, Westmeath, Ireland |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1896 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909-1910 vol 83 pp iii-vii signed by J J |
| Code | NA5490 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1896/19 | Wilson, William Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/10/730 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to W E Wilson, Daramona, Streete, Rathowen, Ireland | 26 January 1895 |
| NLB/18/250 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to W E Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society, Daramona, Streete, Westmeath, Ireland | 11 February 1899 |
| NLB/18/352 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 February 1899 |
| NLB/18/373 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to W E Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 March 1899 |
| NLB/32/480 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Edward Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 March 1906 |
| RR/12/411 | Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'On the effect of pressure of the surrounding gas on the temperature of the crater of an electric arc light. Preliminary notes of observations made at Daramona, Street, co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson | 22 May 1895 |
| RR/12/267 | Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and J P Gray | nd [1894] |
| RR/12/269 | Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and J P Gray | nd [1894] |
| EC/1896/20 | Wilson, William Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/33/75 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Edward Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 June 1906 |
| RR/12/268 | Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and J P Gray | 13 February 1894 |
| RR/12/412 | Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and P L Gray | [1895] |
| PP/23/16 | Paper, 'The thermal radiation from Sun spots. Preliminary notes of observations made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath [Ireland], 1893' by William Edward Wilson | [1893-1894] |