Peter William Watson
Peter William Watson (1761–1830) was an English merchant and botanist.
Life
He was born at
Watson's interests included botany, entomology, chemistry, and mineralogy, and he was a landscape-painter. He traversed the
Watson died at Cottingham, near Hull, on 1 September 1830.[1]
Works
In 1824–5 Watson issued, in twenty-four parts, Dendrologia Britannica; or Trees and Shrubs that will live in the Open Air of Britain throughout the year (London, 2 vols. 1825). John Claudius Loudon described this work as "the most scientific work devoted exclusively to trees which has hitherto been published in England." It contained an introduction to descriptive botany, and 172 coloured plates of exotic trees and shrubs, accompanied by technical description.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ The London Gazette. T. Neuman. 1815. p. 817.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Watson, Peter William". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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