Sir Charles William Wilson

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkbp:awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
gptkbp:birthDate 1836-01-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:contribution Mapping_of_the_Nile_River
gptkbp:deathDate 1905-05-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkbp:field Engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Charles_William_Wilson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Charles William Wilson
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_William_Wilson
gptkbp:knownFor Geographical surveys
gptkbp:legacy Wilson's_Arch_in_Jerusalem
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Survey of the Nile
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:St._John's_Cemetery,_Kensal_Green
gptkbp:positionHeld Director of Military Surveys
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:services No._1_Company,_Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:serviceYears 1855-1905
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Egyptian_Campaign
gptkb:Crimean_War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Mapping of the Indian Ocean
Survey of the Mediterranean Sea
Mapping of the Aegean Sea
Mapping of the Black Sea
Mapping of the Caspian Sea
Mapping of the Coral Sea
Mapping of the Eastern Mediterranean
Mapping of the Holy Land
Mapping of the Nile Basin
Mapping of the Red Sea Coast
Mapping of the Sudan
Mapping of the Tasman Sea
Survey of the Nile Delta
Survey of the Red Sea
Mapping_of_the_Pacific_Ocean
Suez_Canal_construction
Mapping_of_the_Arabian_Peninsula
Mapping_of_the_Antarctic_Ocean
Mapping_of_the_Arabian_Sea
Mapping_of_the_Arctic_Ocean
Mapping_of_the_Atlantic_Ocean
Mapping_of_the_Bering_Sea
Mapping_of_the_Persian_Gulf
Mapping_of_the_Sinai_Peninsula
Mapping_of_the_South_China_Sea
Mapping_of_the_Western_Mediterranean
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Wilson