James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 23, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the University...
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The James Craig Watson Medal was established by the bequest of James Craig Watson, an astronomer the University of Michigan between 1863 and 1879, and...
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Wallace John Eckert (section Watson laboratory)
is known as the Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Eckert won the James Craig Watson Medal in 1966 from the US National Academy of Sciences. Faster, Faster...
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Physiology or Medicine. James Watson may also refer to: James Watson (actor) (born 1970), British film and television actor James Watson (author) (1936–2015)...
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Isaac Newton's Principia into Swedish. He died in Lund, aged 72. James Craig Watson Medal (1924) Bruce Medal (1933) Named after him Charlier (lunar crater)...
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100 Hekate (category Discoveries by James Craig Watson)
100th asteroid to be discovered, by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson (his fourth discovery) on July 11, 1868. It is named after Hecate, the goddess...
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a number of asteroids, comets and supernovae. He was awarded the James Craig Watson Medal for his contributions to astronomy in 1979. In the 1960s, Kowal...
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James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic...
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79 Eurynome (category Discoveries by James Craig Watson)
main-belt asteroid composed of silicate rock. Eurynome was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 14, 1863. It was his first asteroid discovery and is named...
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Helen, Gala Galatea Placida." Minor planet 101 Helena discovered by James Craig Watson in 1868, is named after Helen of Troy. John Erskine's 1925 bestselling...
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