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William Watson

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English physician and scientist (1715-1787)

ScientistsLived 1715 to 1787 · aged 72
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Sir William Watson, FRS 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.

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Observations upon the effects of electricity, applied to a tetanus, or muscolar rigidity, of four months continuance, 1763Observations upon the effects of electricity, applied to a tetanus, or muscolar rigidity, of four months continuance, 1763

Awards 3

Fellow of the Royal Society
Copley Medal
Knight Bachelor

Scientists born in the 1710s 6

César-François Cassini de Thury50.5Pierre Poivre50.4Georg Wilhelm Richmann51.6João de Loureiro50.0Stepan Krasheninnikov53.0Thomas Wright49.6

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1715 to 1787 · aged 72
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