William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (died 1787)

William Watson (scientist)

English physician and scientist (1715–1787)

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…