John Wilson (priest)

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The Very Reverend John Skinner Wilson (5 January 1849, Fyvie – 11 November 1926, Strathtay^[1]) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first quarter of the twentieth century.^[2]

John Skinner Wilson was born in 1849 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.^[3] He was ordained in 1873 and was Rector of St George's, Edinburgh ^[4] after which he was appointed Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1897, a post he held until he died on 11 November 1926.

Religious titles
Preceded by James Francis Montgomery	Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh 1897 – 1919	Succeeded by Edward Lowry Henderson

References

↑ Venn has 13 November 1926 as his date of death
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ "Wilson, John Skinner (WL868JS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8

v t e Provosts of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh

James Montgomery John Wilson Edward Henderson William Margetson Logie Danson David Dunlop Ivor Ramsay Hector Gooderham Reginald Foskett Patrick Rodger George Crosfield Graham Forbes

Persondata
Name	Wilson, John Skinner
Alternative names
Short description	Provest of St Mary's Cathedral
Date of birth	5 January 1849
Place of birth
Date of death	11 November 1926
Place of death

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