| Authorised form of name | Watson; Sir; William (1744 - c 1825); physician and astronomer |
| Dates | 1744 - c 1825 |
| Date of birth | 28 August or 08 September 1744 |
| Activity | Education:
Charterhouse, Surrey
Honours:
Kt 1796
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/12/1767 |
| Sources | 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 |
| Royal Society code | NA791 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | 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 |
| RR/16/198 | Referee's report by William Watson, on a paper 'The effects of changes of temperature on the modulus of torsional rigidity of metal wires' by Frank Horton | 18 April 1904 |
| L&P/1/229 | Letter, 'About Mr Pickering's paper on the seeds of mushrooms' from William Watson to the Royal Society | 17 November 1743 |
| 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 | |