William Watson, Physician and electrical investigator, Fellow of the Royal Society, knighted 1786
Dates: 1715–1787
Biography
English physician and pioneer investigator of electricity, associated with experiments transmitting electrical effects over long distances and with Benjamin Franklin. He acquired Ellington in 1771 and held it until his death in 1787.
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