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Francis Watson (other)
Francis Watson may refer to: * Francis Watson (art historian) (1907–1992), British art historian * Francis Watson (cricketer) (1860–1930), New Zealand cricketer and schoolteacher * Francis Watson (footballer) (born 1995), Australian rules footballer * Francis Watson (politician) (1864–1947), British politician * Francis Watson (priest) (died 1876), Dean of Leighlin * Francis Watson (theologian) (born 1956), English theologian * Francis Harold Watson (1854–1905), Southern African traveller, hunter and trader * Buzz Watson ''The Closer'' is an American police procedural television series starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brenda has a reputati ... (Francis Watson), fictional television character See also * Frank Watson (other) {{human name disambiguation, Watson, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Watson (cricketer)
Francis Edward Watson (9 August 1860 – 27 October 1930) was a New Zealand cricketer and schoolteacher. The son of a clergyman, Watson was born on a ship in the bay at Saint Helena. He grew up in India before his family moved to Tasmania. He moved to New Zealand, where he worked as a schoolteacher, becoming headmaster of the Campbell Street School in Palmerston North."Mr. F. E. Watson" '''', 31 October 1930, p. 5. Watson played only a single match at first-class level, representing a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Watson (footballer)
Francis Watson (born 29 September 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Watson grew up in the small East Kimberley community of Balgo, Western Australia. Watson started off at Claremont and played in the Colts WAFL premiership side in 2013. He made his West Australian Football League debut for Claremont in 2015, and played 19 senior games for Claremont over the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Due to his Indigenous background, the Fremantle Dockers sought permission to register him in the club's Next Generation Academy, but the application was rejected by the Australian Football League on the ground that he had not resided in the Kimberley during the relevant period. Watson was then eligible to sign with any club as a "Category B" rookie, and joined West Coast in November 2016. AFL career Nearly three years after joining West Coast, Watson made his AFL debut as a late inclusion in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Watson (politician)
Sir Francis Watson (7 January 1864 – 27 August 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Pudsey and Otley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1923 until retired from the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ... at the 1929 general election. References External links * 1864 births 1947 deaths Knights Bachelor Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Watson (priest)
Francis Metcalf Watson was Dean of Leighlin from 1868 until 1876. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was the incumbent at Leighlinbridge Leighlinbridge (; ) is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. It is 11 km south of Carlow town, on the R705 road. The N9 national primary route once passed through the village, but was by-passed in the 1980s. It c .... He died on 3 December 1876.''Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries'' Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Thursday, 14 December 1876 References 1876 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Leighlin Year of birth missing Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Watson (theologian)
Francis Watson (born 1956) is an English theologian and New Testament scholar. He commenced his career at King's College London before being appointed to the Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen in 1999. In 2007 he took up his current position as Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at the Durham University. Watson is well known as a critic of the so-called New Perspective on Paul (NPP). His criticisms of the NPP are all the more significant as he received a positive endorsement of James D. G. Dunn (a NPP proponent) for his doctoral study. After the latter endorsement, Watson explored in particular the social-scientific work of Klaus Berger which contributed to Watson changing his mind dramatically about some results of his unpublished thesis. The result was ''Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles: A Sociological Approach'', which chronicles Watson's change of mind. Watson is also a major figure in the study of the Gospels. Watson's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Harold Watson
Francis Harold Watson aka Frank 'Zambezi' Watson (1854–1905) was a British traveller, hunter and trader. Watson's first expedition to ' Zambezia' was in 1873 and he subsequently made other journeys to the region, as trader and hunter. He formed a close friendship with Frederick Selous on these trips, and became a business partner of a certain George Westbeech. On an expedition to the Victoria Falls Victoria Falls (Lozi language, Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "Thundering Smoke/Smoke that Rises"; Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe), Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border betwe ... in 1891, he took the first known photographs of the falls and gorges. These photographs are now stored in the Zimbabwe State Archives. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Francis British explorers of Africa British explorers 1854 births 1905 deaths British hunters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzz Watson
''The Closer'' is an American police procedural television series starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a closer—an interrogator who not only solves a case, but also obtains confessions that lead to convictions, thus "closing" the case. The series ran on TNT from June 13, 2005, to August 13, 2012. ''The Closer'' was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. On July 11, 2011, the series began its seventh and final season, having finished its sixth season as cable's highest-rated drama. ''The Closer''s final six episodes began airing on July 9, 2012, with its finale airing on August 13, 2012. Following the finale, ''The Closer''s spin-off, '' Major Crimes'', premiered. Episodes Each episode of ''The Closer'' deals with an aspect of the Los Angeles culture as it interfaces w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |