| Authorised form of name | Watson; Sir; William (1744 - 1824); physician and astronomer |
| Dates | 1744 - 1824 |
| Date of birth | 28 August or 08 September 1744 |
| Activity | Education:
Charterhouse, Surrey
Honours:
Kt 1796
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/12/1767 |
| Relationships | Son of William Watson FRS (1715-1787) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Charterhouse Miscellany
References:
Kevin J Fraser, 'John Hill and the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 43-67
G L'E Turner, 'A Portrait of James Short, FRS, Attributable to Benjamin Wilson, FRS' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 105-112
Douglas McKie, 'Priestley's Laboratory and Library and Other of his Effects' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 114-136 |
| Code | NA791 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AB/1/2/1/118 | Receipts for admissions money paid by Mr William Watson of Caius College, Cambridge and Richard Alexander Bennet | 1767 |
| AB/1/2/1/132 | Letter to James West from William Watson | 15 October 1768 |
| L&P/7/195/1 | Letter, 'Further of the comet and of a micrometer for taking angles of position' from William Herschel to William Watson | 1781 |
| L&P/7/192/1 | Letters, 'Of a comet seen on 13 March' from William Herschel to William Watson | 27 March 1781 |
| EC/1767/23 | Watson, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HS/18/116 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dawlish | 6 August 1820 |
| HS/18/113 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 12 May 1819 |
| HS/18/117 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 2 November 1820 |
| HS/18/118 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 9 March 1821 |
| HS/18/119 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dawlish | 22 June 1821 |
| HS/18/114 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dawlish | 24 July 1819 |
| HS/18/110 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 16 November 1816 |
| HS/18/120 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 14 November 1821 |
| HS/18/111 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 23 December 1816 |
| HS/18/115 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath | 15 February 1820 |
| HS/18/109 | Letter, from Sir William Watson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dawlish | 26 September 1816 |
| HS/18/112 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir William Watson, dated at Slough | 15 February 1819 |
| HS/20/183 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir William Watson, dated at Palermo | 16 July 1824 |
| HS/19/38 | Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir William Watson, dated at Slough | 26 September 1822 |
| HS/20/64 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir William Watson, dated at Slough | 15 February 1819 |