Lectionary Calendar
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Watson, Robert, Ll.d.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Watson, Richard (2)
Next Entry
Watson, Thomas (1), D.D.
Resource Toolbox

a minister of the Church of Scotland, professor and author, was born at St. Andrew's about 1730. He was educated at the universities of St. Andrew's, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. In 1751 he began to deliver in Edinburgh a course of lectures on rhetoric and belles-lettres, which he repeated for several successive winters. He became a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1758; professor of logic, rhetoric, and belles-lettres in the College of St. Salvator, at St. Andrew's, soon after; and principal of the United College of St. Leonard and St. Salvator, and minister of the Church and parish of St. Leonard, in 1777. He died at St. Andrew's, March 31, 1781. He was the author of a History of the Reign of Philip II, King of Spain (Lond. 1777, 2 volumes); and a History of the Reign of Philip III (1783). The latter work was left unfinished at the author's death, and was completed for the benefit of his family by William Thomson, LL.D. The former was translated into French, Dutch, and German. Both works have been republished in the United States (N.Y. 1818), but are of little value, being heavy and inelegant in style, and yielding inevitably to the more philosophical and elegant works of Prescott.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Watson, Robert, Ll.d.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​w/watson-robert-lld.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile