Editing C. T. R. Wilson (section)

== Education and early life==
Wilson was born in the parish of [[Glencorse]], [[Midlothian]] to Annie Clark Harper and John Wilson, a sheep farmer. After his father died in 1873, he moved with his family to [[Manchester]]. With financial support from his step-brother he studied biology at [[Victoria University of Manchester|Owens College]], now the University of Manchester, with the intent of becoming a doctor. In 1887, he graduated from the college with a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]. He won a scholarship to attend [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], where he became interested in physics and chemistry. In 1892 he received 1st class honours in both parts of the [[Natural Sciences (Cambridge)|Natural Science Tripos]].<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36950|title=Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees (1869–1959)|last=Longair|first=Malcolm S.|date=2006|access-date=28 January 2017|edition=Online|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36950}}</ref><ref>{{acad|id=WL888CT|name=Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees}}</ref><ref name="Nobel Laureate">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1927/wilson-bio.html|title=C.T.R. Wilson - Biographical|website=Nobelprize.org|publisher=Nobel Media AB|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727024611/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1927/wilson-bio.html|url-status=live}}</ref>