James Vincent Kinnier Wilson (27 November 1921 – 22 December 2022) was a British Assyriologist.
He was Eric Yarrow Lecturer, from 1955 until 1989,[1] and Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge.
[2] Kinnier Wilson was born in Marylebone, London on 27 November 1921.
[3] The youngest son of the neurologist Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson,[4] he combined a skill in reconstructing Mesopotamian legends and epics with an enduring interest in the study of the organic and mental diseases of ancient Mesopotamia.
[6] The Ancient India and Iran Trust held a 100th birthday celebration for Wilson on 26 November 2021.