Rev. Dr.
Robert
Boog
Watson
FRSE
Born in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Watson
and Isabella (Boog) Watson
Brother of
Charles Watson, Elizabeth Robina Anderson Watson, William Creach Watson, Isabel Heron Watson, Jane Christain Watson, Patrick Heron Watson, Margaret Watson, David Mathew Watson, Isabella Barbara Watson, David Tassie Watson and Ann Agatha Watson
Husband of
Janet (Cowan) Watson
— married
17 Nov 1857 in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Alexander Oswald Cowan Watson, Charles Brodie Boog Watson FRSE, Robert Ross Boog Watson, Helen (Watson) Bannerman, Isabella Ragnhild Cowan Boog Watson, Janet Cowan Boog Watson and Elizabeth Charlotte Cowan Boog Watson
Died
at age 86
in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2014
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Biography
Robert Watson FRSE is Notable.
Robert Boog Watson was born 26th September 1823, and christened on the 2nd November 1823 in Burntisland, Fife Scotland; his parents were Charles Watson and Isabella Boog. The family later moved to Edinburgh. [1] [2]
He married Janet Cowan on the 17 November 1857 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Together they had 7 children.
He was a Scottish malacologist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland best known as the author of the report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected during the H.M.S. Challenger expedition to survey the world's oceans from 1873 to 1876.
He was a chaplain to the Forces in the Crimea and a chaplin to Forces during the Indian Mutiny. He was a noted Geologist.
He died in Edinburgh on 13 June 1910.
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBXJ-ZXV : 11 February 2020), Charles Watson in entry for Robert Boog Watson, 1823.
- ↑ Robert Boog Watson may sometimes be found recorded as Robert Boag Watson.
- BIRTH - "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBXJ-ZXJ : 11 February 2020), Robert Boog Watson, 1823.
- MARRIAGE - "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9M-KYM : 11 February 2020), Robert Boog Watson and Janet Cowan, 1857.
- Marriage Notice (26 Nov 1857) Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Wikipedia - Robert Boog Watson
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 April 2020, 09:03), entry for Robert Boog Watson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9VWD-KPF); contributed by various users.
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