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  1. Henry William Watson

    Rev. Henry William Watson February 25, 1827, Marylebone , London spaced ndash January 11, 1903, Berkswell near Coventry was a noted mathematician and author of a number of mathematics books. He was educated at King s College London and at Trinity College, Cambridge . ref Venn id WT846HW name Watson, Henry William ref He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1881. He was responsible, together with Francis Galton for the Galton&ndash Watson process . Books by H. W. Watson http www.archive.org details mathematicaltheo01watsrich The mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism Volume 1 electrostatics Clarendon, Oxford, 1885&ndash 1889 http www.archive.org details mathematicaltheo02watsrich The mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism Volume 2 magnetism & electrodynamics Clarendon, Oxford, 1885&ndash 1889 http www.archive.org details Aplicationofgene00watsrich A treatise on the application of generalised coordinates to the kinetics of a material system Clarendon, Oxford, 1879 http www.archive.org details treatiseonkineti00watsiala A treatise on the kinetic theory of gases Clarendon, Oxford, 1893 References reflist External links MacTutor Biography id Watson Henry Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, Henry William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British mathematician DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1827 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1903 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, Henry William Category 1827 births Category 1903 deaths Category Alumni of King s College London Category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category Second Wranglers Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category British mathematicians es Henry William Watson ht Henry William Watson ...   more details



  1. William Henry Watson

    Distinguish William H. Watson Sir William Henry Watson 1796 1860 , was a British politician and judge. Watson was born at Bamborough , the son of John Watson, captain in the 76th Foot , by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Grey of Bamborough, Northumberland. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Marlow, and given a commission in the 1st Royal Dragoons by the Duke of York on 7 May 1812, serving with his regiment in the Spanish peninsula. When it was reduced in 1814 he exchanged into the 6th Dragoons on 13 April 1815, with whom he served in Belgium and France . He was present at the Battle of Waterloo and at the entry of the allied armies into Paris. He was placed on the half pay list on 25 March 1816, and the next year entered as a student at Lincoln s Inn , and by hard work soon became competent to practise as a special pleader , and continued to do so until 1832, when he was Called to the bar called to the bar in Lincoln s Inn. He joined the northern circuit, where he found work and became popular. In 1841 he entered the House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Commons as liberal member for Kinsale UK Parliament constituency Kinsale , for which borough he sat till 1847. In 1843 he became a Queen s counsel Q.C. and a bencher of his inn. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne UK Parliament constituency Newcastle on Tyne in Whig British political party ... William Watson Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong William Watson Armstrong was ennobled as Baron Armstrong ... and Duty of Sheriff , 8vo, 1827 2nd ed. 1848, by William Newland Welsby . References DNB wstitle Watson, William Henry first William last Carr volume 60 page 47 Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... year. Watson proved himself a judge possessed of clear head and strong mind, but his career on the bench ... 1860, he was seized with apoplexy, and died the next day. Watson married, first, in 1826, a daughter of William Armstrong of Newcastle on Tyne , and sister of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong ...   more details



  1. Henry Watson

    Henry Watson may refer to Henry Winfield Watson 1856&ndash 1933 , Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Henry William Watson 1827&ndash 1903 , British mathematician Henry Keith Watson, member of the L.A. Four , who participated in the beating of Reginald Denny Incident Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots Henry Brereton Marriott Watson 1863 1921 , Australian born British novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer See also Harry Watson disambiguation Henry Watson Fowler , English schoolmaster and lexicographer hndis Watson, Henry ...   more details



  1. William Watson

    William Watson may refer to William Watson 16th century MP for City of York UK Parliament constituency W. Marvin Watson born 1924 , U.S. Postmaster General William E. Watson , military historian William H. Watson died 1846 , Mexican American War soldier from Maryland Sir William Henry Watson 1796 1860 , Baron of the Exchequer William J. Watson toponymist 1865 1948 William McLean Watson , MP for Dunfermline Burghs, 1922 1931 and 1935 1950 William T. Watson 1849 1917 , American banker and Governor of Delaware William Watson, List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois Mayor of Rockford, Illinois , 1878 79 William Watson actor 1938 1997 William Watson Australian politician 1864 1938 William Watson basketball William Watson botanist 1858 1925 William Watson chess player born 1962 English Chess Grandmaster William Watson economist Canadian economist and Financial Post columnist William Watson footballer , Lincoln City footballer active in the 1900s William Watson New Zealand rugby player 1869 1953 , a member of the 1893 New Zealand Rugby Team William Watson poet 1858 1935 William Watson priest 1559 1603 William Watson rugby league , rugby league footballer of the 1930s for England, and Keighley William Watson rugby player 1887 1961 William Watson scientist 1715 1787 William Watson sinologist 1917 2007 , professor of Chinese art and archaeology at London University William Watson writer 1930 2005 , Scottish writer William Watson, Baron Thankerton 1873 1948 , Scottish judge William Watson, Baron Watson 1827 1899 , Scottish judge William Watson, birth name of Jimmy Watson English footballer 1914 1979 , English football soccer player William Watson track and field athlete William Watson may also refer to Whipper Billy Watson 1915 1990 , Canadian wrestler Billy Watson, Snr. 1893 1962 , English footballer with Huddersfield Town, 1912 1927 Billy Watson footballer 1890 1955 , Burnley F.C. ..., William DEFAULTSORT Watson, William de William Watson fr William Watson pl William Watson zh ...   more details



  1. William T. Watson

    Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name William T. Watson honorific suffix image WilliamTharpWatson.gif imagesize smallimage office Governor of Delaware term start April 8, 1895 term end January 19 ... and as Governor of Delaware. Early life and family Watson was born in Milford, Delaware, son of Bethuel & Ruth Tharp Watson and grandson of Governor William Tharp . He attended Washington College .... Watson married Harriet Beale and had one child, William Jr. They lived at 600 North Walnut Street ... Persondata . NAME Watson, William T. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE ... PLACE OF DEATH Milford, Delaware Milford , Delaware DEFAULTSORT Watson, William T. Category 1849 ... de William T. Watson es William T. Watson pt William T. Watson ... banker profession religion Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopalian William Tharp Watson June 22, 1849 April 14, 1917 was an American banker and politician from Milford, in Kent ... him nothing more than a carpetbagger from Philadelphia. Watson was a Democrat, and was first elected ... H. Marvil died, the Speaker of the State Senate succeeded him. Watson assumed the office of Governor ... numerous Republicans held an overall majority and attempted to elect Henry A. du Pont to the office ... a majority from electing du Pont. Then, with accession of Watson to the Governor s office, the total ... to vote only to find Watson had returned to his old State Senate seat, casting his vote for the Democratic ... preserving its own majority. This, of course, was the real purpose behind Watson s action. The soon ... Party United States Republican Party shading Republican Henry H. McMullen end box Death and legacy Watson died at Milford and is buried there in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Almanac Elections are held ... 0 924117 20 6 cite book title History of the State of Delaware last Conrad first Henry C. coauthors ... 7880703 Find a Grave http www.russpickett.com history delgov3.htm watson Delaware s Governors http ...   more details



  1. William Watson, Baron Watson

    , University of Edinburgh occupation profession Advocate religion signature signature alt William Watson, Baron Watson small Privy Council of the United Kingdom PC , Doctor of Laws LL.D small 25 August 1827 14 September 1899 ref name who citeweb title William Watson, Baron Watson url http www.ukwhoswho.com ... Hansard contribs mr william watson William Watson start box s par uk s bef before Edward Gordon ... Persondata . NAME Watson, William Baron Watson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician ... 1899 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Baron Watson Category 1827 births Category 1899 deaths ...Infobox officeholder honorific prefix small The Right Honourable br small name The Lord Watson br honorific suffix small Privy Council of the United Kingdom PC small image imagesize alt caption order office Lord Advocate term start 1876 term end 1880 deputy John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh John Macdonald br small Solicitor General for Scotland small monarch Queen Victoria primeminister Benjamin Disraeli predecessor Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn Edward Gordon successor John McLaren, Lord McLaren John McLaren office2 Solicitor General for Scotland term start2 1874 term end2 1876 monarch2 Queen Victoria primeminister2 Benjamin Disraeli predecessor2 John Millar successor2 John Macdonald ... Watson was born in 1827, the son of the Reverend Thomas Watson, in Covington, Lanarkshire . He was educated ... and appeared for the defence of Dr Edward William Pritchard , the poisoner, in 1865. fact date December 2010 Career Watson was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland , one of the Scottish Law Officers ... Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities . Watson won the ensuing Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ... ref Watson did not stand for re election at the United Kingdom general election, 1880 1880 general ... gazette.co.uk issues 24838 pages 2725 London Gazette 27 April 1880 ref as Baron Watson , of Thankerton ... Gazette 27 April 1880 ref Personal life Watson married Margaret Bannatyne in 1868, and the pair had ...   more details



  1. Henry Watson Potteries

    Orphan date August 2011 one source date July 2011 Henry Watson Potteries LTD is a British Pottery potteries , established in 1800 in Suffolk , East Anglia . History Henry Waston s potteries was purchased around 1800 by the Watson sons. The company was originally established in 1816 under the trading name of Thomas Watson . Thomas Watson originally a farmer , turned to potting during the winter months. Thomas had four sons, one of which was Adam. Adam was the husband of Charlotte whose name is carried as a popular brand of the current Henry Watson collection. The company name changed again in 1840, becoming Thomas and Adam . This was one of four name changes before the company settled as Henry Watson Potteries Ltd in 1947. Full list below Thomas Watson 1816 Thomas & Adam 1840 Henry & Joseph Watson 1876 Henry Watson & Sons 1913 Henry Watson Potteries Ltd 1947 ref Information available on Henry Watson history section from website. http www.henrywatson.com about ref References Reflist Category Ceramics manufacturers of England ...   more details



  1. Henry Winfield Watson

    Henry Winfield Watson June 24, 1856 August 27, 1933 was a Republican Party United States Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Henry W. Watson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania . He was educated in private schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881, and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia. He served as president of the Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Railway Company . He was the director of several banks and of the Langhorne Water Company. Watson was elected as a Republican to the 64th United States Congress Sixty fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Langhorne, Pennsylvania . Interment in the Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware . Sources CongBio W000201 Henry W. Watson http politicalgraveyard.com bio watson4.html The Political Graveyard External links Find a Grave 7869031 s start s par us hs USRepSuccessionBox state Pennsylvania district 8 before Robert E. Difenderfer after Thomas S. Butler years 1915 1923 USRepSuccessionBox state Pennsylvania district 9 before William W. Griest after Oliver W. Frey years 1923 1933 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, Henry W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1856 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1933 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, Henry W. Category 1856 births Category 1933 deaths Category Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Category People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Representative stub ...   more details



  1. Henry Holgate Watson

    Henry Holgate Watson December 25, 1867 ref name chambers &ndash January 19, 1949 ref name death cite web url http search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca sn 4E75D75 view Deaths find adv 2B 20callnumber 28 221949 09 001647 22 20 29 20AND 20microfilm 28b13199 29 20 2B 2B 2B 2B 1 title Vital Event Death Registration publisher BC Archives accessdate 2011 09 03 ref was a druggist and political figure in British Columbia . He represented Vancouver City electoral district Vancouver City from 1909 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a British Columbia Conservative Party Conservative . He was born in Milton, Ontario , the son of Henry Watson and Jane Elizabeth Holgate, and was educated in Milton and at Upper Canada College . In 1892, Watson married Kathleen Constance Black. ref name chambers cite book title Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1910 year 1910 last Chambers first Ernest J ref He died in Vancouver at the age of 81. ref name death References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, Henry Holgate ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian politician DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1867 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1939 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, Henry Holgate Category 1867 births Category 1939 deaths Category British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs Category Upper Canada College alumni BritishColumbia politician stub ...   more details



  1. Henry Watson Fowler

    Infobox Person name Henry Watson Fowler birth date birth date 1858 03 10 df y birth place Tonbridge , Kent ... , Somerset , England occupation Schoolmaster , Lexicographer Henry Watson Fowler 10 March 1858 26 ... view article 33225 Fowler, Henry Watson 1858 1933 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford ... Henry Watson Fowler name Henry Watson Fowler translation of the works of Lucian http www.bartleby.com ... NAME Fowler, Henry Watson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Schoolmaster, Lexicographer DATE OF BIRTH ... Chard, Somerset Chard , Somerset , England DEFAULTSORT Fowler, Henry Watson Category 1858 births Category ... Category Infectious disease deaths in England ca Henry Watson Fowler cs Henry Watson Fowler es Henry Watson Fowler eo Henry Watson Fowler id Henry Watson Fowler hu Henry Watson Fowler fi Henry Watson Fowler sv Henry Watson Fowler tr Henry Watson Fowler zh ... Watson, were originally from Devon . Robert Fowler was a University of Cambridge Cambridge graduate, clergyman, and schoolmaster. At the time of Henry s birth he was teaching mathematics at Tonbridge School , but the family soon moved to nearby Royal Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells . Henry was the eldest ... School, where Fowler studied from 1871 to 1877 Henry Fowler spent some time at a boarding school ... to be taken care of by Henry and Arthur, but he only stayed a year before leaving the school, and of him nothing further is known. ref McMorris, The Warden of English , 16 19. ref Henry Fowler ... offer was accompanied by a long discussion with the headmaster, Henry Hart, about the religious requirements ... Englishmen of pretending a familiarity with certain books such as the works of William Shakespeare ... in 1911, with Henry Fowler concentrating on Modern English Usage and Francis on the pocket dictionary ... for service in the British army. To gain acceptance, the 56 year old Henry lied about his age. ref ... with the British Expeditionary Force World War I B.E.F. After his brother s death, Henry Fowler ...   more details



  1. William H. Watson

    Distinguish William Henry Watson Lieutenant Colonel William H. Watson ? 1846 commanded the Battalion of Baltimore and District of Columbia Volunteers in the Mexican American War . Prior to that, he had been a captain in the Independent Blues Company of the 5th Maryland Regiment 5th Maryland and served with the West Indies Squadron United States West Indies Squadron against pirates. He was killed in the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846. Watson is mentioned in the fourth verse of Maryland, My Maryland . A monument to him exists at the corner of North Avenue and Mount Royal Terrace in Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore . External links http www.dmwv.org honoring baltimore.htm Monument to William H. Watson http www.mdarmyguard.com AboutUs.htm Brief mention of Watson http www.dmwv.org honoring monterey.htm Roll of Honor, Monterrey , Descendants of Mexican War Veterans Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William H. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American military commander DATE OF BIRTH 1815 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1846 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William H. Category 1815 births Category 1846 deaths Category American military personnel killed in the Mexican American War US army bio stub ...   more details



  1. William Henry

    Incoming links date February 2012 William Henry may refer to William Henry gunsmith 1729 1786 , American gunsmith and Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress William Henry brother of Patrick Henry 1734 1785 , representative in the House of Burgesses William Henry chemist 1774 1836 , English chemist who formulated Henry s law William Henry congressman 1788 1861 , United States Congressman from Vermont William Alexander Henry 1816 1888 , justice of the Canadian Supreme Court William Henry swimmer 1859 1928 , British swimmer William Henry actor 1914 1982 , United States movie actor William A. Henry III 1950 1994 , United States author and cultural critic William Thomas Henry 1872 1952 , politician in Alberta, Canada and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta William W. Henry 1831 1915 , Medal of Honor recipient William Jerry Henry, a fugitive slave in Syracuse, New York in the United States who was arrested and freed in an event known as the Jerry Rescue Prince William Henry, Duke ... of King George III William Henry agriculturist , agriculturist at the University of Wisconsin see Single grain experiment William Wirt Henry 1831 1900 , Virginia lawyer, politician, historian and writer William Henry, Prince of Nassau Saarbr cken 1718 1768 William Henry, Prince of Nassau Usingen 1684 1718 Other William III of England 1650 1702 , sometimes known as William Henry, Prince of Orange William IV of England 1765 1837 , known as William Henry, Duke of Clarence before he became king Place William Henry, original name for the town of Sorel, Quebec Fort William Henry , the British fort ... Category Human name disambiguation pages Henry, William cs William Henry de William Henry ja pl William Henry ... s Last of the Mohicans See also Bill Henry born 1927 , Major League Baseball player Bill Henry basketball 1924 1985 , American professional basketball player Bill Henry New York Yankees pitcher born ...   more details



  1. Henry Watson Powell

    Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Henry Watson Powell image caption birth date 1733 death date 1814 placeofburial label placeofburial birth place England death place Lyme Regis Lyme , England. placeofburial coordinates nickname allegiance UK branch Image Flag of the British Army.svg 23px British Army serviceyears rank General The specific general rank General unit commands 2nd battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot 53rd Shropshire Regiment of Foot 53rd Regiment of Foot battles Seven Years War Saratoga campaign 1777 , American Revolutionary War awards relations laterwork General Henry Watson Powell 1733 14 July 1814 was a British officer during the Seven Years War and American Revolutionary War . Powell was born in England in 1733. He commissioned as a Lieutenant on 10 March 1753, with the 46th South Devonshire Regiment of Foot 46th Regiment of Foot . ref name Hadden cite book last Hadden first James title Hadden s Journal and Orderly Books year 2009 publisher Applewood Books pages 464 467 url http books.google.com books?id nkY Ely 4lkC&dq general henry watson powell&source gbs navlinks s accessdate 13 February 2011 ref He was promoted to Captain on 2 September 1756 and given command of the 2nd battalion , 11th Regiment of Foot . ref cite book last Cannon first Richard title Historical Records of the 15th Foot year 1848 publisher Parker, Furnivall, & Parker location London page 92 url http books.google.com books?id m8uYSGJS4qsC&dq general henry watson powell&source gbs navlinks s accessdate 13 February 2011 ref That unit was renamed the 64th 2nd Staffordshire ... Powell, Henry Watson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British Army general DATE OF BIRTH 1733 ..., Henry Watson Category British Army generals Category British Army personnel of the Seven Years ... In 1776, Powell came to Canada with the 53rd Regiment of Foot . ref name QHE cite web title Henry Watson Powell url http faculty.marianopolis.edu c.belanger quebechistory encyclopedia HenryWatsonPowell.htm ...   more details



  1. William Watson (sergeant)

    Orphan date February 2009 William Watson born 1826 was an author and soldier in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He is most noted for an autobiographical book Life in The Confederate Army that he wrote after the war chronicling his army life. William Watson was born in 1826 in the Scottish village of Skelmorlie , some twenty five miles west of Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde . His father, a landscape gardener named Henry Watson, had been born in England . He had come to Skelmorlie in 1820 to lay out the grounds of Ashcraig, the estate of Andrew D. Campbell. Watson immigrated about 1845 to the Caribbean Islands, where he worked as a civil engineer and occasional captain of sailing vessels. Sometime about 1850 he moved to Louisiana and by 1860 was part owner of a sawmill and a coal and steamboat business in Baton Rouge . When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Sergeant United States sergeant in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry and served in a number of military campaigns with the regiment . Life in The Confederate Army was published first in England in 1887. References http uk.msnusers.com historyofskelmorlie watsonswar.msnw History of Skelmorlie Retrieved 2008 11 21. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American civil war historian DATE OF BIRTH 1826 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category People of Louisiana in the American Civil War Category Confederate States Army soldiers Category Historians of the American Civil War Category Scottish emigrants to the United States Category 1826 births Category Year of death missing AmericanCivilWar bio stub ...   more details



  1. Robert William Seton-Watson

    , Thomas. Henry Wickham Steed, Robert William Seton Watson und die Habsburgermonarchie ihr Haltungswandel bis Kriegsanfang im Vergleich Henry Wickham Steed, Robert William Seton Watson and the Habsburg ...File Ruzomberok Robert William SETON WATSON.jpg thumb 220px Robert William Seton Watson by Vojtech Ihrisk Robert William Seton Watson London , England , August 20, 1879 &ndash Skye , Scotland , July 25, 1951 , commonly referred to as R.W. Seton Watson , and also known by the pseudonym Scotus Viator .... Early life Seton Watson was born in London to Scottish parents. His father, William Livingstone Watson, had been a tea merchant in Calcutta , and his mother, Elizabeth Lindsay Seton, was the daughter ... Seton Watson, Robert William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1879 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1951 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Seton Watson, Robert William Category 1879 births Category 1951 deaths Category British historians cs Robert William Seton Watson de Robert William Seton Watson eo Robert William Seton Watson la R. W. Seton Watson sk Robert William Seton Watson sv Robert William Seton Watson ... and after World War I . He was the father of two eminent historians, Hugh Seton Watson Hugh , who specialised ... Watson traveled to Berlin University , the Sorbonne and Vienna University , from where he wrote a number ... in Hungary . Seton Watson became friends with the Vienna correspondent of The Times , Wickham Steed Henry Wickham Steed , and of the Czech philosopher and politician Tom Masaryk . He argued in books ... World War , Seton Watson took practical steps to support the causes that he had formerly supported ... of the Czechs and other subject peoples. Seton Watson financed this periodical himself. Seton Watson ... of the War, Seton Watson attended the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris Peace Conference in a private ... Government was unenthusiastic about Seton Watson, other governments were not, and showed their gratitude ...   more details



  1. William Watson (chess player)

    William Nicholas Watson born 18 April 1962 in Baghdad , Iraq is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster chess Grandmaster . Watson was British Rapidplay Chess Championships British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1992 and British Chess Championship British Chess Champion in 1994. Boris Spassky once famously described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun. ref The Complete Najdorf Modern Lines by Nunn and Gallagher Batsford, 1999 . ref Nowadays a practicing tax lawyer and a partner at Slaughter and May, ref http www.slaughterandmay.com who we are partners william watson.aspx Slaughter and May William Watson Bot generated title ref Watson has for many years been inactive as a chess player. References references External links fide id 400157 name William N Watson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English chess grandmaster DATE OF BIRTH 18 April 1962 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category 1962 births Category Living people Category People from Baghdad Category Chess grandmasters Category English chess players UK chess bio stub de William N. Watson nds William Nicholas Watson pl William Watson szachista ru , ...   more details



  1. William Watson (priest)

    William Watson c. 23 April 1559 &ndash 9 December 1603 , England English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator, executed for treason. Life In 1586 he became a Roman Catholic priest in France , and during the concluding years of Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth s reign he paid several visits to England he was imprisoned and tortured more than once. He became prominent in the Archpriest Controversy as a champion of the secular priest s in their dispute with the Jesuits , and in 1601 some writings by him on this question appeared which were answered by Robert Parsons priest Robert Parsons . In September of that year he was resident at Fulham Palace , under the protection of Richard Bancroft . ref .... i. 1905 . Notes reflist Attribution 1911 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British priest executed for treason DATE OF BIRTH 1559 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1603 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category 1559 births ..., Watson hastened to Scotland to assure James I of England James I of the loyalty of his party, and to forestall ... Catholics gave rise to the Bye Plot Bye plot , or Watson s plot, in which connection this priest s name is best known, and to its sequel the Main Plot Watson discussed the grievances of his co religionists with another priest, William Clark, with Sir Griffin Markham and Anthony Copley , and with a disappointed ... the Tower of London , converting the King to Catholicism, and making Watson Lord Keeper. One or two of the conspirators drew back but Watson and his remaining colleagues arranged to assemble at Greenwich .... The plot was a complete failure Henry Garnet and other Jesuits betrayed it to the authorities, and its principal authors were seized, Watson being captured in August at Hay on Wye on the Welsh border. They were tried at Winchester, Hampshire Winchester and found guilty Watson and Clark were executed ... brother Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham , the ally and brother in law of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ...   more details



  1. William Watson (scientist)

    Infobox scientist name William Watson image William Watson.jpg image size 240px caption birth date Birth date 1715 04 03 df y birth place London , England death date death date and age 1787 05 10 1715 04 03 df y death place London , England residence citizenship nationality ethnicity field physician and scientist work institutions alma mater doctoral advisor doctoral students known for author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences influenced prizes footnotes signature William Watson , Royal Society FRS 3 April 1715 &ndash 10 May 1787 was an England English physician and scientist who was born and died in London . His early work was in botany , and he helped to introduce the work of Carolus Linnaeus into England. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741 and vice president in 1772. In 1746, he showed that the capacity of the Leyden jar could be increased by coating it inside and out with lead foil. In the same, year he proposed that the two types of electricity &mdash vitreous and resinous&mdash posited by C. F. Du Fay DuFay were actually a surplus a positive charge and a deficiency a negative charge of a single fluid which he called electrical ether , and that the quantity of electrical ... and political matters. Botanist Watson Watson, William See also The plant genus Watsonia plant Watsonia ...&date 2009 10 26 20 59 53 Biography of Watson http scienceworld.wolfram.com biography WatsonWilliam.html Biography at Wolfram Research Watson, Sir William , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... PLACE OF DEATH London , England DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category 1715 births Category 1787 deaths ... People from London Category Recipients of the Copley Medal Link GA de ca William Watson de William Watson Wissenschaftler es William Watson eu William Watson fr William Watson 1715 1787 ko it William Watson nl William Watson no William Watson pt William Watson sl William Watson znanstvenik ...   more details



  1. William Watson Goodwin

    William Watson Goodwin May 9, 1831 June 15, 1912 , United States American classical scholar, was born in Concord, Massachusetts son of Hersey Bradford Goodwin and Lucrettia Watson. He graduated at Harvard University Harvard in 1851, studied in Germany, was tutor in Greek language Greek at Harvard in 1856 1860, and Eliot professor of Greek there from 1860 until his resignation in 1901. He became an overseer of Harvard in 1903. In 1882 1883 he was the first director of the American School for Classical Studies at Athens . Goodwin edited the Panegyricus of Isocrates 1864 and Demosthenes On The Crown 1901 and assisted in preparing the seventh edition of Henry George Liddell Liddell and Robert Scott philologist Scott s A Greek English Lexicon Greek English Lexicon . He revised an English version by several writers of Plutarch s Morals 5 vols, 1871 6th ed., 1889 , and published the Greek text with literal English version of Aeschylus Agamemnon 1906 for the Harvard production of that play in June 1906. As a teacher he did much to raise the tone of classical reading from that of a mechanical exercise to literary study. But his most important work was his Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb 1860 , of which the seventh revised edition appeared in 1877 and another enlarged in 1890. This was based in part on Johan Nicolai Madvig Madvig and Kr ger, but, besides making accessible to American students the works of these continental grammarians, it presented original matter, including a radical innovation in the classification of conditional sentences, notably the distinction between ... Persondata . NAME Goodwin, William Watson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1831 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1912 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Goodwin, William Watson ... University faculty Category Harvard University alumni is William Watson Goodwin ...&lpg PA434&dq 22William Watson Goodwin 22 1912&source bl&ots FclasS0MRn&sig 6bMFaPBxo MjPf97VG3BVHWNOi8 ...   more details



  1. William Watson Bird

    William Watson Bird 8 February 1870&ndash 11 November 1954 was a New Zealand headmaster, school inspector, educational administrator and maori linguist. He was born in Crookham Common , Hampshire , England on 8 February 1870. ref name DNZB Bird DNZB title William Watson Bird first William last Renwick id 3b33 accessdate December 2011 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bird, William Watson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Headmaster, school inspector, educational administrator, Maori linguist DATE OF BIRTH 8 February 1870 PLACE OF BIRTH Crookham Common, Hampshire, England DATE OF DEATH 11 November 1954 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bird, William Watson Category 1870 births Category 1954 deaths Category New Zealand educators Category New Zealand linguists Category English emigrants to New Zealand NewZealand bio stub ...   more details



  1. William Watson (surgeon)

    Unreferenced date December 2006 Orphan date February 2009 William Watson 1837&ndash 1879 , was a surgeon ... conflicts within the unit. sup 1 sup br Early life and career William Watson was born in Bedford .... Raised by his father Dr. William Hartley Watson, he followed in his father s footsteps and attended ... Major William Watson was discharged on May 27, 1865. He then returned to Bedford, Pennsylvania , to start his own medical practice. Watson joined the Grand Army of the Republic . At the age of forty one in 1879, William Watson died. Bedford honored their veteran by naming their militia facility Camp Watson. sup 7 sup small 1. Watson, Letters of a Civil War Surgeon, 11 12 br 2. Watson, Letters of a Civil War Surgeon, 15 br 3. Watson, Letters of a Civil War Surgeon, 16 br 4. Watson, Letters of a Civil ... Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American surgeon DATE OF BIRTH 1837 PLACE OF BIRTH Bedford, Pennsylvania DATE OF DEATH 1879 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category 1837 ... , and Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg notably. Major Watson is recognized most by his contribution to the understanding .... sup 1 sup Civil War Watson was a strong Union supporter. On September 12, 1862, at the age of 25, having recently completed medical school, Watson joined the ranks of the 105th Pennsylvania. He was given the rank of Major United States major and designated as the surgeon of his regiment. Watson ... sup On December 19, 1862, Watson joined his regiment at Camp Prescott, later to be renamed Camp Prescott Smith, in Virginia . sup 2 sup The early letters Watson s early letters to his father and sisters ... commanding officers to make passage from Washington to Camp Prescott in Virginia. Once Watson joined ... 3 sup The impact of war on Watson s views Watson s wartime accounts shed reality to the life of a soldier ... to his father. Watson is quoted saying I only trust I shall never witness another battle. sup 4 sup ... at other major battles including Gettysburg and the Wilderness, Watson writes his last letter as a soldier ...   more details



  1. William J. Watson

    Professor William J. Watson 1865 1948 was a toponymist , one of the greatest Scotland Scottish scholars of the 20th century, and was the first scholar to place the study of Scottish place names on a firm linguistic basis. Watson was a native Scottish Gaelic language Gaelic speaker, born in Milntown of New Tarbat now known as Milton, Easter Ross Milton , Easter Ross . He was the son of Hugh Watson, a blacksmith . He received his initial education from his uncle, James Watson. William became well grounded in Gaelic studies and in the Classics . William went to the University of Aberdeen and the University of Oxford . First a school teacher in Glasgow , Inverness and then Royal High School, Edinburgh Edinburgh , it was while teaching in Inverness that be began to contribute to the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness and the Celtic Review . He married Ella Carmichael daughter of Alexander Carmichael . He took the chair of Celtic at the University of Edinburgh in 1914, despite holding no prior university position. He remained in this prestigious position until making way for his son James Carmichael Watson in 1938. William died aged 83 on March 9, 1948 He is best known for his The Celtic Place names of Scotland 1926 , based on 30 years of work. Watson s work, eight decades later, is still the primary scholarly reference guide on the subject. The book is based on extensive notes taken by Watson, which are unpublished and held by Edinburgh University. Watson s great work ... Edinburgh, 1937 References and further reading Savage, Steve, William J Watson Scottish Place Name Papers , London, 2002 Watson, W. J., History of the Celtic Place Names of Scotland , Edinburgh, 1926 , reprinted, with an Introduction, full Watson bibliography and corrigenda by Simon Taylor Edinburgh, 2004 . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William J. ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... DEFAULTSORT Watson, William J. Category Scottish Gaelic speaking people Category 1865 births Category ...   more details



  1. William Watson (bow maker)

    William D Watson born 1930 was a bow maker who worked for W.E. Hill & Sons . He was considered Retford family bow makers William Retford s last pupil. His bows for Hill are stamped with the number 7. He lived in Falmouth, Cornwall Falmouth , Cornwall. References http www.hillbows.com bowmakers.php?makerID 4&name William 20Watson Profile at Hill Bows Bows and Bowmakers W.C. Retford 1964 W.E. Hill & Sons A Tribute Richard Sadler 1996 ISBN 0950435724 cite book last Roda first Joseph coauthors title Bows for Musical Instruments location Chicago publisher W. Lewis year 1959 oclc 906667 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British bow maker DATE OF BIRTH 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category Bow makers Category 1930 births Category Year of death missing Category People from Falmouth, Cornwall music bio stub ...   more details



  1. John William Clark Watson

    Clark Watson February 27, 1808 &ndash September 24, 1890 was a Confederate States of America Confederate politician and judge. References pg External links Portal Biography Find a Grave 18474329 accessdate 2009 03 20 http politicalgraveyard.com bio watson5.html John William Clark Watson at The Political Graveyard s start s par cs sen s bef before James Phelan, Sr. s ttl title Congress of the Confederate States Confederate States Senator from Mississippi years February 18, 1864 &ndash May 10, 1865 alongside Albert G. Brown s non reason Defeat of the Confederate States of America Confederacy s end CSSenators Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, John William Clark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1808 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1890 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, John William Clark Category 1808 births Category 1890 deaths Category People from Albemarle County, Virginia Category Confederate States Senators Category People of Mississippi in the American Civil War Category Mississippi state court judges de John William Clark Watson ...   more details



  1. William Watson (poet)

    Infobox Person name Sir William Watson image Sir William Watson.jpg caption Photo by Elliott & Fry , Ltd. birth date Birth date 1858 8 2 df y birth place Burley in Wharfedale Burley in Wharfedale , Yorkshire death date Death date and age 1935 8 13 1858 8 2 df y death place Rottingdean , Sussex other names known for occupation nationality Sir William Watson 2 August 1858 13 August 1935 , was an English poet, popular in his time for the political content of his verse. He was born in Burley in Wharfedale Burley , in West Yorkshire . He was a prolific poet of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book , though without decadent associations. Indeed he was very much on the traditionalist wing of English poetry. He had a gift for resonant phrasing and reiterative rhythms which he mistook and for 20 years many critics mistook as a gift for poetry. He was, however, well equipped to write suitable effusions on public occasions, indeed better equipped than any of his contemporaries. This made him, on Tennyson s death 1892 , a strong candidate for Poet Laureate , but his often extreme views on foreign policy he was passionately anti Ottoman and a breakdown in 1894 led to him being passed over ... A Caprice 1893 The Poems of William Watson 1893 Excursions in Criticism Being Some Prose Recreations ... and Other Poems 1898 The Collected Poems of William Watson 1899 Ode on the Coronation of King ... Moorcroft Wilson 1981 I Was an English Poet a Critical Biography of Sir William Watson 1858 1936 ... wikisource author William Watson wikiquote gutenberg author id William Watson name William Watson http www.gutenberg.org etext 13179 The Poems of William Watson from Project Gutenberg Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English poet ... OF DEATH 13 August 1935 PLACE OF DEATH Rottingdean , Sussex DEFAULTSORT Watson, William Category ... the following year, his widow Lady Watson was obliged to seek employment in domestic service. In all ...   more details




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