Trevor Gordon Wilson

Trevor Wilson was born on December 24, 1928, in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the son of Gordon and Winifred (Banyard) Wilson.

Wilson graduated from Auckland University with a Master of Arts degree in 1952. He then obtained his doctorate from Oxford University in 1959.

Wilson dedicated the greatest part of his career to teaching at the University of Adelaide. He started working there in 1968 as a lecturer, rising to professor of history and chairman of the department of history. During that period he also started his career as a writer, concentrating in particular on the First World War.

Since his retirement, Wilson holds the position of emeritus professor at the university and continues working as a freelance writer.

Trevor Wilson is best known as one of the world's leading military historians concentrating in particular on the First World War. With Robin Prior as co-author he has written four books on that subject including The Somme and Passchendaele.