Wilson was born in Chipping Campden, England, first employed at a local nursery as apprentice gardener, and subsequently at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens where he also studied at Birmingham Technical School in the evenings, receiving the Queen's Prize for botany.
Wilson was born in Chipping Campden. This Chipping Campden was first employed at a local nursery as apprentice gardener, and subsequently at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. He also studied at Birmingham Technical School in the evenings. He also was receiving the Queen's Prize for botany. Chipping Campden was England.