Abstract

Michael P. Cooper (41 Albany Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham NG7 7LX) writes: 'Watson has been the subject of several items and articles in GCG and his life and dealings have been well documented. Collections made by him are relatively uncommon, however, and it is worth noting here that a group of volunteers from the Russell Society, headed by myself, is currently engaged in the restoration of a substantial collection of 'fossils' (mainly minerals) at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire which was catalogued, and probably partly, if not largely, supplied by Watson. The collection was made by Her Grace the Duchess Georgiana (1757-1806). Watson's original MS catalogues of the collections, dated 1798 and 1804 and listing...

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