Sir Francis John Bagott Watson, KCVO FBA (24 August 1907 – 27 September 1992) was a British art historian.
Education
Watson was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge.
Career
Watson served as Director of the Wallace Collection from 1963 to 1974, and as Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art from 1963 to 1972.
Watson was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, 1969–70.
References
Categories:- 1907 births
- 1992 deaths
- British art historians
- Surveyors of the Queen's Works of Art
- People educated at Shrewsbury School
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Slade Professors of Fine Art (University of Oxford)
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Fellows of the British Academy
- 20th-century British historians