Janet Watson, 1 September 1923 - 29 March 1985
@article{Fettes1995JanetW1, title={Janet Watson, 1 September 1923 - 29 March 1985}, author={Douglas J. Fettes and Josephine Plant}, journal={Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society}, year={1995}, pages={500 - 514} }
Janet Vida Watson was born on 1 September 1923, one of two sisters and the daughter of Professor D.M.S. Watson. Her father had succeeded to the chair of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College two years earlier. He had, at that time, already established himself as an international authority on vertebrate palaeontology. A career which was to be recognized in many ways including election to the Royal Society in 1922, the presentation of the Lyell Medal from the Geological Society in…
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