Mitchell A. Wilson

Mitchell A. Wilson (July 17, 1913 in New York[1] - February 25, 1973) was an American novelist and physicist.[2]

Mitchell A. Wilson
Born(1914-07-17)July 17, 1914
DiedFebruary 25, 1973(1973-02-25) (aged 58)
Pen nameEmmett Hogarth
OccupationNovelist, physicist
SpouseHelen Weinberg Wilson
Stella Adler
Children2, including Victoria Wilson

Life and career

Before becoming a writer, Wilson was a research scientist (for a time as an assistant to Enrico Fermi) and instructor in physics at the university level. Science, invention, and the ethical problems of modern atomic science are the subjects for some of his works. He also wrote non-fiction on scientific matters for the general reader.

At the height of the Cold War, he was considered a major novelist in the Soviet Union, while in his native United States his reputation was considerably less elevated.

His novels include Live with Lightning, Meeting at a Far Meridian, and My Brother, My Enemy. His non-fiction American science and Invention, a Pictorial History and Passion to Know.[3] At the start of his career, he collaborated on a mystery novel The Goose is Cooked with Abraham Polonsky, written under the joint pseudonym of Emmett Hogarth.

At the time of his death, Wilson was married to acting coach Stella Adler. His first marriage was to Helen Weinberg Wilson which produced two daughters: Erica Silverman, a literary agent, and Victoria Wilson, editor and publisher at Alfred A. Knopf.

Books

References
  1. Wilson, Mitchell (1954). American science and invention. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 438.
  2. "Obituary: Mitchell Wilson". Physics Today. 26 (5): 83. May 1973. doi:10.1063/1.3128071. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
  3. "Book Review: Passion to Know: The World's Scientists by Mitchell Wilson". Kirkus Reviews. 21 April 1972.
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