View AccountWilson, David (1872 - 1935)
David Wilson was born at Minterburn Manse, County Tyrone. His father was Reverend A.J. Wilson. In 1883, the family moved to Belfast. Wilson attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and later took drawing classes in the evening at the Government School of Design. He married Edith Mary Mageean in 1899, and the couple moved to London, where Wilson enrolled at the Sphinx Studio. He met Alfred Stewart Moore, and he began contributing his cartoons to magazines including Moore's Nomad's Weekly. He submitted his first cartoon to the Daily Chronicle in 1895 and went on to become their cartoonist. In 1899, he started to contribute to the Belfast weekly publication, The Magpie. Between 1900 and 1933, Wilson contributed 55 cartoons to Punch. He was the chief cartoonist for The Graphic from 1910 to 1916. He was also published in the London Opinion, The Sketch, The Star, Temple Magazine, Life, Tatler, The Passing Show, The World and Pan.
