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Watson, William F

educator, poet, was born May 11, 1862, in Canada. At the age of seventeen he commenced educational work in the state of Maine; and later completed classical course at Houlton academy; and subsequently graduated from the Colby university.

For many years he has been professor of chemistry in the Furman university of Greenville, S. C.

He is the author of a volume entitled The Children of the Sun, and Miscellaneous Poems; and contributed extensively to current literature on educational and scientific topics. His poems also appear in Poets of America and other standard works.

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