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Dr. Wilfred A. Wilson, one
of Edmonton's best known and most highly respected medical
practitioners, has successfully followed his profession in this city for
eighteen years, gaining that skill which is acquired only through broad
experience and continued study. He was born at Carleton Place, Ontario,
in 1874, and is of Scotch lineage in both the paternal and maternal
lines. His parents were Joseph and Martha (Patterson) Wilson, the former
of whom was born at Carleton Place in 1844. He was there married in
1867, and his death occurred in 1888, when he had reached the age of
forty-four years. His widow survived him for many years, passing away in
1922.
The public schools of his
native town afforded Wilfred Albert Wilson his early educational
opportunities and he afterward entered the medical department of McGill
University at Montreal, Quebec, from which he was graduated in 1900. He
then became an interne at Verdun Hospital of that city and a year later
went to London and Edinburgh for further study, spending a year in the
leading hospitals there. The next two years were devoted to travel and
in 1903 he returned to Canada, opening an office in Edmonton in
February, 1904. He was not long in demonstrating his professional
ability and the passing years have brought him a large and constantly
increasing practice. His professional activities have brought him into
close relations with many households and he commands the high regard of
those to whom he has ministered and the respect and deference of his
fellow practitioners.
Dr. Wilson was married at
Ottawa, the capital city, on the 20th of October, 1911, to Miss Edith P.
Tait, a daughter of Robert Tait, deceased, whose birth occurred in
London, Ontario. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson have four children. The Doctor is a
Conservative in his political views and in religious faith is a
Presbyterian. He is a Master Mason and his professional connections are
with the Edmonton Academy of Medicine, the University of Alberta Faculty
of Medicine, the Alberta and the Canadian Medical Associations and the
American College of Surgeons. He has always kept in close touch with the
trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation and as
a member of the medical fraternity he has attained high rank among those
whose skill is uniformly acknowledged. |
