Background
Watson, William. was born on December 9, 1917 in Darley Abbey. Son of Robert Scoular Watson and Lily Waterfield.
professor of Chinese and Japanese Art History
Watson, William. was born on December 9, 1917 in Darley Abbey. Son of Robert Scoular Watson and Lily Waterfield.
Glasgow High School, Herbert Strutt School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Assistant Keeper, British Museum, first in Department, of British and Medieval Antiquities, then in Department, of Oriental Antiquities 1947-1966. Slade Professor, of Fine Art, Cambridge University 1975-1976. Professor, of Chinese Art and Archaeology, University of London (South.O.A.S.) 1966-1983, Professor Emeritus since 1983.
President, of Oriental Ceramic Society 1981-1984.
Honorary Doctor of Literature (Chinese University of Hong Kong) 1973. Trustee British Museum 1980-1990.
Married Katherine Sylvia Mary Armfield in 1940.