White Watson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

White Watson

Derbyshire geologist

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1760

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1835

Profession: mason, geologist, salesperson, sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Aries

White Watson (10 April 1760 – 8 August 1835) was an early English geologist, sculptor, stonemason and carver, marble-worker and mineral dealer.
In common with many learned people of his time, he was skilled in a number of artistic and scientific areas, becoming a writer, poet, journalist, teacher, botanist and gardener as well as a geologist and mineralogist.
He kept extensive diaries and sketchbooks of his observations on geology, fossils and minerals, flora and fauna, and published a small but significant and influential number of geological papers and catalogues.
As an artist he was well known locally for his silhouettes, both on paper and as marble inlays.