James Kinnier Wilson Explained

James Vincent Kinnier Wilson (27 November 1921 – 22 December 2022) was a British Assyriologist. He was Eric Yarrow Lecturer, from 1955 until 1989,[1] and Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge.[2]

Life and career

Kinnier Wilson was born in Marylebone, London on 27 November 1921.[3] The youngest son of the neurologist Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson,[4] he combined a skill in reconstructing Mesopotamian legends and epics with an enduring interest in the study of the organic and mental diseases of ancient Mesopotamia.

Kinnier Wilson lived in Cambridge.[5] He last published works in 2016.[6]

The Ancient India and Iran Trust held a 100th birthday celebration for Wilson on 26 November 2021.[7] He died on 22 December 2022, at the age of 101.[8] [9]

University career

Publications

Selected chapters and articles

Media

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ane.arch.cam.ac.uk/people/research.html{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}
  2. http://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/fellows/emeritus/open/?i=3550{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}
  3. https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8782&h=36297025&tid=&pid=&queryId=43e0d1106110df4b1ba5e83b45c5f8f6&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dqh406&_phstart=successSource James V. Kinnier-Wilson in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
  4. 10.1136/jnnp.2003.029462 . The Kinnier Wilson library in Edinburgh . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry . 75 . 6 . 933–935 . 2004 . Jellinek . E H . 15146021 . 1739052 .
  5. https://worldneurologyonline.com/article/neurology-and-psychiatry-in-babylon/ Babylonians described epilepsy, stroke, psychoses, depression, anxiety
  6. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/James-V-Kinnier-Wilson-11302631 Researchgate entry on Kinnier Wilson
  7. Web site: Celebrating James Kinnier Wilson's 100th Birthday . Ancient India & Iran Trust Cambridge . 31 December 2022 . 13 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Sad at the recent passing of Cambridge Assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson, aged 101. . Peter J. Williams on Twitter . 31 December 2022.
  9. Web site: James Vincent Kinnier-Wilson . In Your Area . 26 February 2023.
  10. Web site: The Poor Man of Nippur - World's first film in Babylonian . . 26 November 2018 .