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Authorised form of nameCheyne; Sir; William Watson (1852 - 1932)
Dates1852 - 1932
Place of birthAt sea, off Hobart Town, Tasmania
Date of birth14 December 1852
Place of deathFetlar, Shetland
Date of death19/04/1932
ActivityEducation:
MB; CM (Edin)
Honours:
CB 1899; Bt 1908; KCMG 1915
Memberships:
FRCS (Eng)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1894
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 26-30, plate, signed by W B
Royal Society codeNA1316
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/Maull/000833Cheyne, William Watsonnd
NLB/10/192Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons18 October 1894
NLB/23/2/244Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to Professor William Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society23 July 1902
NLB/22/165Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [William] Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society15 March 1901
NLB/24/239Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to Professor William Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society9 April 1902
NLB/24/136Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society10 March 1902
NLB/41/434Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society13 December 1909
NLB/41/391Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society6 December 1909
NLB/45/348Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir W [William] Watson Cheyne Bart CB, FRS17 February 1912
NLB/45/538Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir W [William] Watson Cheyne Bart FRS23 March 1912
NLB/45/365Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir W [William] W [Watson] Cheyne, Bart, CB, FRS23 February 1912
NLB/66/309Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Watson Cheyne, Bart., FRS7 April 1924
NLB/67/700Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to P. Thompson Esq.; Essex Museum of Natural History, Romford Road, E.15.18 February 1925
IM/000834Cheyne, William Watsonnd
RR/17/197Referee's report by William Watson Cheyne, on a paper 'The rôle of the various elements in the development and regeneration of bone' by William Macewen[March 1907]
NLB/37/77Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] Watson Cheyne FRS21 January 1908
NLB/36/839Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Watson Cheyne, Fellow of the Royal Society27 December 1907
EC/1894/09Cheyne, Sir William Watson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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