A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Watson, Robert

by John William Cousin

Watson, Robert (1730-1781).—Historian, s. of an apothecary in St. Andrews, where and at Edin. and Glasgow, he was ed. He became Prof. of Logic, and afterwards Principal of St. Salvador's Coll., at St. Andrews, and wrote a History of Philip II. of Spain, and part of a continuation on Philip III., which were long standard works.