Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Watson, Robert, LL.D a minister of the Church of Scotland, professor and author, was born at St. Andrew’s about 1730. He was educated at the universities of St. Andrew’s, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. In 1751 he began to deliver in Edinburgh a course of lectures on rhetoric and belles-lettres, which he repeated for several successive winters. … Continue reading “Watson, Robert, LL.D”

Watson, Richard (1), D.D., F.R.S an eminent English prelate, was born at Haversham, near Kendal, Westmoreland, in August, 1737, where he received his early education from his father. He graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1759, and was elected to a fellowship in 1760. He then took orders in the Church of England, and became … Continue reading “Watson, Richard (1), D.D., F.R.S”

Watson, Richard (2) a Wesleyan theologian, was born at Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, Feb. 22, 1781. Physically feeble, he had a precocious mind, and against poverty and great difficulties he bent his energies to the acquisition of knowledge. He enjoyed no school advantages after he was fourteen, having at that age left the grammar school in Lincoln. … Continue reading “Watson, Richard (2)”

Watson, John Lee, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, August 27, 1797. He graduated from Harvard College in 1815, became rector at Fishkill, N.Y., in 1835, assistant at Trinity Church, Boston, in 1836, rector of Grace Church, Newark, N.J., in 1846, of Burlington College in 1853, chaplain of the United States … Continue reading “Watson, John Lee, D.D”

Watson, John Broadus (1878-1958) American psychologist and leading exponent of Behaviorism (see Behaviorism), studied and served as Instructor at the University of Chicago, and was appointed Professor of Experimental Psychology at Johns Hopkins University 1908 where he served until 1920. Since then he engaged in the advertising business in New York City. The program for … Continue reading “Watson, John Broadus”

Watson, James V., D.D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in London, England, in 1814. He emigrated to the United States while young; became a local preacher in early manhood in Indiana; and in 1832 joined the Missouri Conference. Two years later he returned to Indiana, and joined the Indiana Conference. In 1840 he became … Continue reading “Watson, James V., D.D”

Watson, James Clemson, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Donegal township, Lancastey County, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1805. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1827; studied at Princeton Theological Seminary between two. and three years; was licensed in 1830, and ordained, in 1832, pastor of the united churches of Gettysburg and Great … Continue reading “Watson, James Clemson, D.D”

Watson, George, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was rector in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1854, and from that time until 1865 served the parish of St. Paul, in that city. He died November 15, 1870, aged sixty-eight years. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1871, page 118. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Watkins, William H., D.D a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Jefferson County, Mississippi, April 11, 1815. He was converted early in life, entered the Mississippi Conference in 1835, and labored earnestly and successfully until his death, February 5, 1881. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church South, 1881, … Continue reading “Watkins, William H., D.D”

Waterworth, James Born at St. Helen’s, Lancashire, 1806; d. at Old Hall, Newark, 28 March, 1876. Educated at Stonyhurst, he went subsequently to Montrouge to enter the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, in which he did not long continue. Sent by Bishop Milner to study for the priesthood at the English College, Rome, he … Continue reading “Waterworth, James”