Biography:William Hawkins Wilson

Short description: British physiologist (1866–1956)

Professor William Hawkins Wilson (Oxford 1866 – Cairo 1956) was a British physiologist and a member of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, from 1895 to 1928, in which latter year he became Professor of physiology and dean of Kasr El Aini Hospital. Professor Wilson contributed to the study of pellagra at the beginning of the 20th century.