William Watson (botanist)

{{Short description|British botanist and horticulturist (1858–1925)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{ Infobox scientist | name = William Watson | birth_date = 14 March 1858 | birth_place = Garston, Liverpool | death_date = 30 January 1925 | death_place = St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK | residence = | citizenship = United Kingdom | nationality = | ethnicity = | fields = botany | workplaces = Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = W.Watson | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature =  | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''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 watsonii was named in his honour.<ref>{{Citation |title=IPNI Author Query Results for ''W.Watson'' |publisher=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=W.Watson |accessdate=2012-02-20 }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Gutenberg author | id=5020}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=William Watson |birth=1858 |death=1925}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, William}} Category:English taxonomists Category:1858 births Category:1925 deaths Category:Botanists active in Kew Gardens Category:19th-century British botanists Category:20th-century British botanists