Albert Watson
1828–1904, classical scholar and college head
About Albert Watson
Lived 1828 – 1904 (aged 75–76). Albert Watson was a British classical scholar, college head, translator and latinist.
The Rev. Albert Watson (December 1828 – 21 November 1904) was an Oxford college head in the 19th century.
Watson was born in Astley, Worcestershire and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. A classicist, he was Fellow of Brasenose from 1852 to 1886. He was a Tutor from 1854 to 1867; a Lecturer from 1867 to 1870; and Bursar from 1871 until his election as Principal of Brasenose in 1886. He resigned in 1889; and died in 1904.
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