Sir Graham Selby Wilson FRS FRCP DPH (10 September 1895 – 5 April 1987) was a noted bacteriologist.

Graham Wilson was born on 10 September 1895 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but his family moved south in his early years.

[3] In the latter he came under the influence of William Whiteman Carlton Topley who was his inspiring colleague from 1919 until 1941.

[4] He received his doctorate (MD) in 1916 and served with the British Army in India, based at Kasauli.

In 1923 Wilson moved with Topley to Manchester to serve as a lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of Manchester from 1923 to 1927 and Professor of Bacteriology as applied to Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine from 1930 to 1947.