'''James Thomas Wilson''' FRS<ref name="frs"/> (1861-1945) was a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society.<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Hill | first1 = J. P. | title = James Thomas Wilson. 1861-1945 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1949.0018 | doi-access = free| journal = Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 6 | issue = 18 | pages = 643–660 | year = 1949 | jstor = 768945}}</ref>

In 1886, he was invited by T.P. Anderson Stewart to become a demonstrator in anatomy in the recently established medical school at the University of Sydney, and was soon promoted to the new post of Challis Professor of Anatomy in Sydney.<ref name=frs /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Young|first1=John Atherton|title=Centenary book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine|date=1984|publisher=Sydney University Press for the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine|location=Sydney|isbn=0424001039|display-authors=etal}}</ref> He subsequently became dean of the Faculty of Medicine, then later moved back to the UK to take up the post of Professor of Anatomy in Cambridge from 1920 and a fellowship at St John's College.

He made several important contributions to the study of anatomy<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wilson | first1 = J. T. | title = Multiple Hypoglossal Ganglia in the Calf | journal = Journal of Anatomy | volume = 59 | issue = Pt 4 | pages = 345–349 | year = 1925 | pmid = 17104067 | pmc = 1249785 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wilson | first1 = J. T. | title = On the Anatomy on the Calamus Region in the Human Bulb; with an Account of a hitherto undescribed "Nucleus postremus.": Part II | journal = Journal of Anatomy and Physiology | volume = 40 | issue = Pt 4 | pages = 357–386 | year = 1906 | pmid = 17232692 | pmc = 1287454 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wilson | first1 = J. T. | title = On the Anatomy of the Calamus Region in the Human Bulb; with an Account of a hitherto undescribed "Nucleus postremus.": Part I | journal = Journal of Anatomy and Physiology | volume = 40 | issue = Pt 3 | pages = 210–241 | year = 1906 | pmid = 17232680 | pmc = 1287464 }}</ref><ref>{{PubMedAuthorSearch|Wilson|JT}}</ref> and was elected president of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1922 to 1924.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/AS-officers-hist-final.pdf| title = The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Presidents of the Society|publisher= The Anatomical Society|access-date = 2012-10-21}}</ref>

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