Background
Watson, William Richard was born on July 23, 1867 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States. Son of Robert and Mehitabel Winkley (Furber) Watson.
Watson, William Richard was born on July 23, 1867 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States. Son of Robert and Mehitabel Winkley (Furber) Watson.
Bachelor of Science, Carleton College, Minnesota, 1890. New York State Library School, Albany, New York, 1893-1895.
Assistant librarian Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, 1895-1904, California State Library, Sacramento, 1904-1907. Librarian Public Library, San Francisco, 1907-1912. Director of library extension division, New York State Education Department, January since 1913.
Home: Albany, New New York
Married Bessie Lawrence Barnes, June 1, 1901.