| Authorised form of name | Watson; Henry William (1827 - 1903) |
| Dates | 1827 - 1903 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Marylebone, London, England |
| Date of birth | 25 February 1827 |
| Place of death | Brighton, Sussex |
| Date of death | 11/01/1903 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
King's College School, London; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1850), MA (1853), ScD (1884). Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1851)
Career:
Mathematical Master, City of London School (1854-1857); ordained deacon (1856); ordained priest (1858); Lecturer in Mathematics, King's College, London (1857); Mathematical Master, Harrow School (1857-1865); co-founder of the Alpine Club (1857); Rector of Berkswell with Barston, Warwickshire (1865-1902); wrote in conjunction with his friend Samuel Hawksley Burbury (FRS 1890) on electricity, magnetism and mathematics
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1881 |
| Relationships | Son of Thomas Watson RN and his wife Eleanor Mary Kingston; married Emily Rowe, sister of Marianne, wife of Robert Baldwin Hayward (FRS 1876) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 266-269 signed by S H B
References:
Sir Brian Pippard, FRS, 'Schoolmaster-Fellows and the campaign for science education' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 63-81, plate |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/2863057 |
| Code | NA6045 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1881/21 | Watson, Henry William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/004810 | Watson, Henry William | nd |
| IM/Maull/004811 | Watson, Henry William | nd |
| NLB/4/396 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Reverend Henry William Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 May 1890 |
| NLB/4/133 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Reverend Dr Henry William Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 February 1890 |
| NLB/4/126 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Reverend Dr Henry William Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 February 1890 |
| NLB/6/632 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Reverend Henry William Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 June 1892 |
| NLB/23/1/425 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Henry William Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society, 7 Upper Cheyne Row, Chelsea, S.W. | 11 November 1901 |
| RR/10/56 | Referee's report by Henry William Watson, on a paper 'On ellipsoidal current-sheets' by Horace Lamb | 9 April 1887 |
| MC/12/177 | Letter from H W [Henry William] Watson, The Rectory, Berkeswell, Coventry, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 12 June 1881 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |