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William Watson (1770–1834)
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to: Entertainment * William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter * William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet * Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), American actor * William Watson (writer) (1930–2005), also known as Bill Watson, Scottish writer * William C. Watson (1938–1997), American actor * Willie Watson (musician) (born 1979), American folk musician Military * William H. Watson (1815–1846), Mexican–American War soldier from Maryland, U.S. * William Watson (sergeant) (1826–1906), in the Confederate States Army * William Watson (surgeon) (1837–1879), in Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War * William Thornton Watson (1887–1961), New Zealand officer in the Australian Imperial Force * William E. Watson, military historian Politics * William Watson (16th century MP), MP for the City of York * William Henry Watson (1796–1860), British politician an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (songwriter)
William Watson (1796–1840) was a Tyneside concert hall singer and songwriter in the early 19th century. His most famous song is " Dance To Thy Daddy". Early life ‘'’William Watson'’’ was born in 1796. He was a political activist, who, at election times, turned his poetical abilities to writing election songs, etc. to aid the candidates of his choice. The initial information seemed to point to him having been a shoemaker by profession, but a letter printed in the Gazette stated that this was untrue (see family and business details). At one time he lived in the Groat Market, Newcastle. He was very popular as a singer and songwriter, and had started his own company, but this failed. So in c1823 he sailed for London. In 1826 he wrote to his brother Nathaniel informing him that he had also sent a parcel of manuscripts and asking Nathanial to arrange to have them printed. He adds that several of the songs have been well received when he had sung them in the capital. There i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Weldon Watson
William Weldon Watson IV (14 September 1899 in Eveleth, Minnesota – 3 August 1992 in Hamden, Connecticut) was a physicist specializing in isotope separation and a contributor to the development of the atomic bomb. Biography Watson grew up in La Grange, Illinois. He received his B.S. in 1920, his M.S. in 1922, and his Ph.D. in 1924 from the University of Chicago, where he became a member of the faculty in 1924. He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1928–1929. In 1929 he became an assistant professor at Yale University. Prior to 1940 Watson did research on molecular structures and spectra. Beginning in 1940 and for the remainder of his career, he studied isotope separation. By 1943 his research at Yale was part of the Manhattan Project. In 1943 Watson took a leave of absence from Yale to become one of the division directors under Arthur Compton at the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago. In September 1945 Watson returned to Yale. In 1946 he became one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (Scottish Physicist)
William Watson FRSE (15 June 1884 – 28 June 1952) was a 20th-century Scottish physicist and mathematician. Life He was born on 15 June 1884 in Musselburgh just east of Edinburgh, the son of Janet Watson of Tranent and her husband, William Watson of Fossoway, then headmaster of Musselburgh Grammar School. He attended his father's school from 1891 to 1898 then completed his education at the Royal High School, Edinburgh. He was school dux in 1902. He matriculated at the University of Edinburgh in 1902, originally studying classics, but then transferred to study mathematics and natural philosophy (Physics). He graduated with an MA in 1907. He then undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Returning to Edinburgh for further postgraduate study, he then decided to train as a teacher. In 1912 he was appointed Head of Physics at Heriot-Watt College. In 1923 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Francis Gibson Baily, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (physicist)
William Watson CMG, FRS (4 August 1868 – 3 March 1919) was a British physicist and Lieutenant-Colonel in World War I. After education at King's College School, Watson studied under Arthur William Rucker and C. V. Boys at the Royal College of Science and received his bachelor's degree in 1890. At the Royal College of Science, Watson was appointed demonstrator in physics in 1890, assistant professor in 1897, and professor in 1915. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1901. At the beginning of his career, Watson was an assistant to Professors A. W. Rucker and Thomas Edward Thorpe in the great magnetic survey of the British Isles from 1890 to 1895. He assisted C. V. Boys in radio-micrometer experiments, in timing the periodicity of spark generators' electrical discharges, and in photographing the flight of bullets. He worked with J. W. Rodger in investigating the magnetic rotation of the plane of polarisation in liquids. He designed and built self-recording magnetographs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (botanist)
William Watson (1858–1925) was a British botanist and horticulturist. He was a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1879, Assistant Curator 1886–1901 and Curator 1901–1922. Watson was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 1892 and elected as an Associate of the Linnean Society in 1904. The species Hebenstretia ''Hebenstretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Africa. They are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, found in mesic habitat In ecology, a mesic habitat is a type of habitat with a moderate or well-balan ... watsonii was named in his honour. See also * :Taxa named by William Watson (botanist) References External links * * English botanists English taxonomists 1858 births 1925 deaths Botanists active in Kew Gardens 19th-century British botanists 20th-century British botanists {{Botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson Cheyne
Rear admiral Sir William Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet, (14 December 1852 – 19 April 1932) was a Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist, who pioneered the use of antiseptic surgical methods in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Cheyne was born at sea off Hobart, Tasmania. His father, Andrew Cheyne, was the eldest of two illegitimate children born to James Cheyne, who was the youngest brother of John Cheyne, the Laird of Tangwick (Northmavine, Shetland). His father grew up at the Tangwick Haa, and went to sea around the age of twelve, rising to command a brig in the Far East at the age of 22. His mother Eliza, the daughter of the Rev. William Watson, died in 1856, leaving Willam Cheyne to be brought up by his grandfather, the Rev. William Watson, and latterly by his aunt and uncle-in-law, in Fetlar. In 1864, he was sent to Aberdeen Grammar School, and he remained there until 1868 when he went to King's College, Aberdeen to study for an Arts degree, which he did not complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Livingstone Watson
William Livingstone Watson (Kinross, Scotland, 1835-Ayton, Perthshire, Scotland, May 1903) was a Scottish East India merchant and an astronomer. Early life Watson was originally intended for a career in the church but turned instead to the law and thence to business. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. Career Watson joined a Glasgow firm of East India merchants, James Finlay & Co., in 1855. He became a partner in this firm in 1865, and in 1876 moved to London, where he was their representative. He also participated in a number of other business activities, serving for many years as chairman of the London board of the Royal Insurance Company, and also on a number of other boards, including the Merchants’ Marine Insurance Company, the Agra Bank, the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, the Assam Bengal Railway, and the Clan Line. Astronomy In 1888 Watson bought Ayton House in Perthshire, Scotland, and with it an observatory and one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaton Ross
Seaton Ross is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Market Weighton and north-west of the village of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. It lies to the south of the A1079 road and north of the A163 road. According to the 2011 UK census, Seaton Ross parish had a population of 565, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 545. History The village was recorded in the 11th century ''Domesday Book'' using its original name of Seaton (or Settone). This name was derived from the old English words 'Sea' - meaning a body of water, and 'Ton'- meaning an enclosure or farmstead. The 'body of water' probably refers to the wetlands east of the village and towards Holme upon Spalding Moor, itself built on a marsh, which have been drained and cultivated since that time. Aside from recording the village's name the book also shows that the area was an established manor before Norman times, paying a significant am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (surveyor And Scientist)
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to: Entertainment * William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter * William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet * Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), American actor * William Watson (writer) (1930–2005), also known as Bill Watson, Scottish writer * William C. Watson (1938–1997), American actor * Willie Watson (musician) (born 1979), American folk musician Military * William H. Watson (1815–1846), Mexican–American War soldier from Maryland, U.S. * William Watson (sergeant) (1826–1906), in the Confederate States Army * William Watson (surgeon) (1837–1879), in Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War * William Thornton Watson (1887–1961), New Zealand officer in the Australian Imperial Force * William E. Watson, military historian Politics * William Watson (16th century MP), MP for the City of York * William Henry Watson (1796–1860), British politician an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (physician)
Sir William Watson (1744–1824) was an English physician and naturalist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and knighted in 1796. He was mayor of Bath in 1801. He was the son of Sir William Watson the physicist, educated at Charterhouse School, and Queens' College and Gonville and Caius College of the University of Cambridge. He graduated M.B in 1766 and M.D. in 1771, and went into practice as a physician in Bath. Watson was a friend and associate of William Herschel Frederick William Herschel (; german: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline H ..., whom he met by chance in Bath in 1779. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, William 1744 births 1824 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School 18th-century English medical doctors Fellows of the Royal Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watson (scientist)
Sir William Watson, FRS (3 April 1715 – 10 May 1787) was a British 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. He was knighted in 1786. 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—vitreous and resinous—posited by 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 charge was conserved. He acknowledged that the same theory had been independently developed at the same time by Benjamin Franklin—the two men later became allies in both scientific and political matters. He also suggested that electricity is more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
