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Patrick_Wilson (1927–2003) was an American theorist of bibliographic control.
Patrick Garland Wilson was born on December 29, 1927 and grew up in Santa Cruz, California. He studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley: AB with highest honors, in 1949 and PhD,with a dissertation on On interpretation and understanding in 1960. He also completed a Bachelor of Library Science degree in 1953 and worked in the University Library 1950-1959, latterly as a bibliographer in South Asia studies. From 1960 Wilson taught philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, then returned to Berkeley in 1965 as professor and, later, dean of the School of Librarianship (later School of Information). He retired in 1991 and died on September 12, 2003.