Sir Francis John Bagott Watson, (24 August 1907 – 27 September 1992) was a British art historian.

Education

Watson was educated at

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...

and

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

Career

Watson served as Director of the Wallace Collection from 1963 to 1974, and as

Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art The office of Surveyor of the King's/Queen's Works of Art in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of works of art own ...

from 1963 to 1972. Brinsley Ford
Obituary: Sir Francis Watson
Watson was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, 1969–70.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Francis John Bagott Watson 1907 births 1992 deaths British art historians Surveyors of the Queen's Works of Art People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Slade Professors of Fine Art (University of Oxford) Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Fellows of the British Academy 20th-century British historians