Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, translator, writer, and traveller. Born in Bombay. Father was John Wilson (1804-1875), missionary and orientalist. Educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Tübingen. Travelled widely in United States, Europe, China, and India. Edited *China Mail* (1858-1860) while he lived in Hong Kong, and *Times of India* (1873). Converted to Buddhism while living in China. Published essays in *Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine*, and volume publications include *The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya* (1875) that reprinted essays from *Blackwood’s*. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (AC)