Wilson College is a degree college affiliated to the University of Mumbai in Mumbai. The college, established in 1832 and built in 1840 overlooks the Arabian Sea, at Chowpatti Beach in South Mumbai. It is named after its founder Dr. John Wilson, (1804-1875). The college has played an important role in the foundation of the Mumbai University and the Asiatic Society.
Rev Dr. John Wilson, our founder, established the Ambroli English School in 1832 and subsequently added to it the college division in 1836. Dr. Wilson was a learned scholar and a pioneering educationalist, whose contributions to the intellectual and social life of 19th century India were historically and socially significant of Scottish descent. He had made it his life’s ambition and vocation to spread the light of education to the people of India. In the year 2000, Dr. John Wilson was given his place as one of the seven ‘Founding Fathers of modern Bombay (Mumbai)’, by the Department of Archives, Government of Maharashtra.
So deep was Dr. Wilson’s involvement with education, that the then Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone, invited him to be a member of the senate of the newly established Bombay University. He became one of the Fellows named in the Act of Incorporation of the University of Bombay.
Dr. Dugald Mackichan succeeded Rev. Richard Stothert (1876-1884), and it was primarily through his negotiations with the government and efforts at fund raising that the present day ‘Wilson College’ building came into being.
The building was designed by John Adams in the Domestic Gothic style. On 10th March 1885, Dr. James Ferguson, Governor of Bombay laid the foundation stone. The new building was inaugurated by Lord Reay on 14th March 1889
Rev Dr. John Wilson, our founder, established the Ambroli English School in 1832 and subsequently added to it the college division in 1836. Dr. Wilson was a learned scholar and a pioneering educationalist, whose contributions to the intellectual and social life of 19th century India were historically and socially significant of Scottish descent. He had made it his life’s ambition and vocation to spread the light of education to the people of India. In the year 2000, Dr. John Wilson was given his place as one of the seven ‘Founding Fathers of modern Bombay (Mumbai)’, by the Department of Archives, Government of Maharashtra.
So deep was Dr. Wilson’s involvement with education, that the then Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone, invited him to be a member of the senate of the newly established Bombay University. He became one of the Fellows named in the Act of Incorporation of the University of Bombay.
Dr. Dugald Mackichan succeeded Rev. Richard Stothert (1876-1884), and it was primarily through his negotiations with the government and efforts at fund raising that the present day ‘Wilson College’ building came into being.
The building was designed by John Adams in the Domestic Gothic style. On 10th March 1885, Dr. James Ferguson, Governor of Bombay laid the foundation stone. The new building was inaugurated by Lord Reay on 14th March 1889
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