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In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than by being learned.   Wilson, A. N.

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Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-born American poet, ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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