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James Watson James Watson
Watson, James Geneticist 1928- James Dewey Watson was the codiscoverer of the structure of DNA. He has also made major contributions to research in genetics and molecular biology as an administrator, and has written widely read and influential books for both academic and nonscience audiences. Early... Read more
Thomas John Watson Thomas John Watson
Thomas John Watson 1874-1956, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Campbell, N.Y. After rising from clerk to sales executive in the National Cash Register Co. (1898-1913), he became (1914) president of the foundering Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., which made scales, time clocks, and... Read more
Thomas Edward Watson Thomas Edward Watson
Thomas Edward Watson 1856-1922, American political leader, b. Columbia co., Ga. A successful lawyer, he practiced in Thomson, Ga., before serving (1882-83) in the state legislature and as a Farmers' Alliance Democrat in Congress (1891-93), where he worked for rural free delivery of mail. He was a... Read more
Richard Watson Richard Watson
WATSON, RICHARD(b. Heversham, Westmorland, England, August 1737; d Windermere, West-morland, England, 9 July 1816), chemistry.A son of Thomas Watson, headmaster of the grammar school at Heversham, Watson in 1754 entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he distinguished himself in mathematics. In... Read more
John Christian Watson John Christian Watson
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Doc Watson Doc Watson
Doc WatsonSinger, guitarist, banjoist Doc Watson, a native of the North Carolina mountains, has been belatedly recognized as one of the nation's best folk artists. Watson plays and sings traditional Appalachian string music—songs that were heard on rural front porches before radio began to... Read more
Thomas John Watson Jr Thomas John Watson Jr
Thomas John Watson, Jr. 1914-93, American industrialist, b. Dayton, Ohio. The son of Thomas John Watson , Sr., the founder of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), he joined the family business following his graduation from Brown Univ. in 1937. Except for service as a pilot in the Army... Read more
Thomas Watson Thomas Watson
Thomas Watson 1557?-1592, English poet and scholar. He translated into Latin the Antigone of Sophocles and the Aminta of Tasso and wrote The Hecatompathia; or, Passionate Century of Love (1582), one of the earliest collections of sonnets in English.... Read more
Discipline Discipline
Discipline For many parents, the word discipline refers to punishment intended to decrease child misbehavior. In truth, the word is derived from disciplinare, referring to a system of teaching or instruction (Howard 1996). Although few would dispute the value of teaching children, the topic of... Read more
Edgar Watson Howe Edgar Watson Howe
Edgar Watson Howe 1853-1937, American editor and author, b. Treaty, near Wabash, Ind. From 1877 to 1911 he was editor and proprietor of the Atchison, Kans., Daily Globe, and in 1911 he established E. W. Howe's Monthly. Published until 1937, this periodical was noted for Howe's pithy editorials.... Read more

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