OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 14. 1972
Caskerdo (near St. Andrews), Scotland

DIED:
August 21, 1798,
Edenton, North Carolina 

EDUCATION:
University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh
University of St. Andrews
Read Law, 1767

HIGHLIGHTS:
1765:
Immigrated to the United States,
Live in New York City
1766:
Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Studied Law
1767:
Admitted to the Bar
1774:
Member of the Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania
1775-1777, 1783, 1785-1786:
Delegate to the Continental Congress,
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1777-1787:
Businessman, Land Speculatory, and Legal Advisor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1779-1783:
Advocate General for France in America 
1787:
Delegate from Pennsylvania to the Federal Constitutional Convention
1789-1798:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1790-1791:
Professor of Law in the College of Philadelphia (later united with the University of Pennsylvania)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
National Archives
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Dickinson College
The Works of James Wilson (Hathitrust, Internet Archive)
James Wilson Institute
The Lost Founder: James Wilson in American Memory (Yale Journal of Law and Humanities)