 Thomas Wilson (rhetorician)

Thomas Wilson (1524–1581), Esquire, LL.D., was an English diplomat and judge who served as a privy councillor and Secretary of State (1577–81) to Queen Elizabeth I.He is remembered especially for his "Logique" (1551) and "The Arte of Rhetorique" (1553), which have been called "the first complete works on logic and rhetoric in English".