WILSON DIES AFTER AUTOMOBILE CRASH

Ernest Henry Wilson, curator of the Arnold. Arboretum, and his wife were killed late yesterday afternoon when their car crashed into a fence at Cherry Valley, near Worcester, and dropped 40 feet below the road.

Mrs. Wilson was killed at once, and Mr. Wilson died shortly afterwards at the City Hospital in Worcester. They had left Boston Friday evening to visit their daughter Muriel in New York City, and were returning to Cambridge when the accident occured.

Mr. Wilson was greatly respected and had a large reputation as naturalist, author, and collector. He was born in Gloustershire, England in 1876, made an editor of the Royal College of Science, London, given an honorary M.A. at Harvard in 1916, and was made assistant curator of the Arboretum in 1919.

Many Years Travelling

Mr. Wilson spent 11 years travelling in China, three years in Japan, as well as having travelled in Australia, India, South Africa and other foreign countries. He was awarded several medals, including the Victoria medal of honor and the Geoffrey St. Hilaire gold medal, and was famous among horticulturists for his books on flowers and trees all over the world. Throughout his travels he was continually collecting all varieties of specimens for the Arboretum.