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Watson, Paul Barron – Watts, Frederick

Watson, Paul Barron

lawyer, author, was born March 25, 1861, in Morristown, N. J. He is a lawyer of Boston, and the author of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; Bibliography of Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America; and The Swedish Revolution under Gustavus Vasa, a very effective study of an important epoch in Swedish history.

Watson, Sereno

botanist, author, was born Dec. 1, 1826, in East Windsor Hill, Conn. He was a noted botanist of Cambridge, curator of the Herbarium of Harvard university in 1888-92, and the author of Bibliographical Index of North American Botany; and Botany of California. He died March 9, 1892, in Cambridge, Mass.

Watson, Stephen M

librarian, poet, was born Jan. 22, 1836, in Saco, Maine. He was elected superintendent and librarian at the York institute of Saco, Maine, which position he resigned to accept a similar one in the public library of Portland He is the editor and publisher of The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder.

His poems have appeared in the leading publications of New England; and in a number of stand.. ard collections of poetry.

Watson, Thomas E

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 5, 1856, in Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia legislature in 1882-83; and was democratic elector for the state at large in 1888. He was elected to the fiftysecond congress as a democrat.

Watson, William

civil engineer, author, was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Nantucket, Mass. He is a professor of mechanical engineering, and the author of Technical Education; Course in Descriptive Geometry; and Course in Shades and Shadows. a

Watson, William Henry

physician, author, was born Nov. 8, 1829, in He was examiner in Providence, R. I. diagnosis and pathology in the state board of medical examination from 1872 till 1881; U. S. examining pension surgeon from 1875 till 1881, surgeon-general of New York state from 1880 till 1883, and since 1882 has been regent of the university of the state of New York.

Watson, William Robinson

journalist, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 14, 1799, in South Kingston, R. I. In 1856 he was appointed by the Rhode Island general assembly state auditor, serving until 1863. He frequently edited political journals, and wrote for the press, vindicating and explaining the doctrines of the whig party with great vigor. He died Aug. 29, 1864, in Providence, R. I.

Watson, Winslow Cossoul

author, was born Dec. 22, 1803, in Albany, N. Y. He is the author of Treatise on Practical Husbandry; Pioneer History of the Champlain Valley; and History of Essex County, New York.

Watters, M. L

lawyer, legislator, was born March 13, 1863, near Groton, Ohio. In 1893 he was a representative in the Kansas state legislature, known as the war-house; and is still a member, elected by the state populist ticket. He has been principally engaged in coal mining; for three years was president of the Miners' union; and is now engaged in law at Scammon, Kan.

Watterson, John Ambrose

Roman catholic bishop, was born May 27, 1844, in Blairsville, Pa. He was appointed professor in Mount St. Mary's, and in 1877 he was made president. In 1880 he was consecrated bishop of Columbus. In 1884 he founded a college in Columbus.

Watts, Frederick

lawyer, jurist, was born May 9, 1801, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1849 he was appointed president judge of the ninth district of Pennsylvania. In 1854 he was one of the projectors of the Agricultural college of Pennsylvania, and chosen president of the board of trustees; and took an interest in all the local enterprises of Carlisle. In 1871, he was appointed commissioner of agriculture in Washington.