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William Watson

1715 - 1787

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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 Carl Linnaeus into England. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741 and vice president in 1772. He was knighted in 1786. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Watson is the 414th most popular physicist (up from 458th in 2019), the 1,840th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,913th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Watson ranks 414 out of 851. Before him are Nick Holonyak, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Edwin Hall, Oskar Klein, Philip Abelson, and Charles H. Bennett. After him are Lyman Spitzer, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Johannes Franz Hartmann, Robert W. Wood, Bruno Rossi, and Georgy Flyorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, William Watson ranks 8. Before him are Claude Adrien Helvétius, Robert-François Damiens, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, and Georg Christoph Wagenseil. After him are Dorothea Erxleben, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, and François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis. Among people deceased in 1787, William Watson ranks 11. Before him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Pompeo Batoni, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Louise of France, Şahin Giray, and Johann Karl August Musäus. After him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Ferdinando Galiani, and François Francoeur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Watson ranks 1,840 out of 8,785. Before him are Marjorie Boulton (1924), Edward Frankland (1825), Ken Matthews (1934), Harry Seeley (1839), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), and Kay Parker (1944). After him are Norman Davies (1939), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), John William Godward (1861), Charli XCX (1992), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, William Watson ranks 48. Before him are Stephen Hales (1677), Joseph Swan (1828), William Whewell (1794), Duncan Haldane (1951), William Sturgeon (1783), and John Kerr (1824). After him are Louis Harold Gray (1905), John Henry Poynting (1852), John Dollond (1706), John Canton (1718), John Houghton (1931), and Alfred Ewing (1855).

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