Brian Wilson (academic)
{{Short description|Australian astrophysicist and longest-serving UQ Vice-Chancellor}}
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| honorific_prefix = Emeritus Professor
| name = Brian Wilson
| honorific_suffix = AO
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| birth_date = 1930
| birth_place = Belfast
| death_date = 2019
| death_place = France
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| occupation = Astrophysicist
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| awards = Centenary Medal
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}}Professor Brian Graham Wilson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (1930-2019) was an Australian astrophysicist and academic. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland from 1979 to 1996, the role's longest tenure ever.{{cite web |last1=UQ Communications |title=Vale Emeritus Professor Brian Wilson AO (1930-2019) |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2019/09/vale-emeritus-professor-brian-wilson-ao-1930-2019 |website=UQ News |publisher=University of Queensland |access-date=20 November 2022}}
Prior to his career in academic administration, he was a noted researcher in astrophysics for over 15 years specialising in cosmic radiation, solar physics and x-ray astronomy.{{cite web |last1=Swinburn University of Technology |title=Wilson, Brian Graham (1930 - 2019) |url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006960b.htm |website=Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation}}