Sir Robert Watson Watt

THE PIONEER OF RADAR ……… RA(dio) D(etection) A(nd) R(anging) n. radar

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The Watson-Watt Society of Brechin need your help

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The Watson-Watt Society of Brechin has issued an appeal for members of the public to support it and help to ensure its future as a charitable organisation dedicated to the […]

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HRH Anne, the Princess Royal, will unveil the plaque on the statue of Sir Robert Watson-Watt

August 24, 2014by watsonwatt 2 Comments

The 3rd September 1939 is an historically important date for it was then that the UK Government declared war on Nazi Germany resulting in W.W. II and six years of […]

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World Premiere of Castles in the Sky is in EIFF Competition

May 13, 2014by watsonwatt 1 Comment

Nominated several times previously, and twice a Michael Powell Award recipient, Gillies Mackinnon returns to EIFF with the World Premiere of CASTLES IN THE SKY The fascinating story of visionary […]

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Friends of Brechin Town House Museum presents the cheque to The Society

May 9, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

The Friends of Brechin Town House Museum hosted an illustrated talk about celebrated Brechiner Sir Robert Watson-Watt pioneer of RADAR. Donations totalling £86 were made by generous members of the […]

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Illustrated talk on the celebrated Brechiner Sir Robert Watson-Watt

May 3, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

The Friends of Brechin Town House Museum hosted an illustrated talk by one of their members on the celebrated Brechiner, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt. The talk coincided with an exhibition […]

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Public Notice : Memorial to Sir Robert Watson-Watt

March 29, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

The various works associated with the memorial to Sir Robert Watson Watt have commenced on Monday the 24th of March. An image of the completed statue and the location of […]

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Extracts from the late Lord Bowden of Chesterfield

March 29, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

The following extracts were sent in by the children of the late Lord Bowden of Chesterfield (Dr. B.V. Bowden) who worked with radar during WW2 and with Robert Watson-Watt in […]

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Breaking ground on the Watson-watt Statue in Brechin

March 29, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

Work on the statue has started of the initial progress to establish the steel core and concrete base, early days. We are planning on keeping a small photo record of […]

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Watson-Watt New Exhibition in Brechin Town House Museum Brechin

March 29, 2014by watsonwatt Leave a comment

Robert Watson-Watt and the development of radar are to feature in a new exhibition in Brechin Town House Museum. Watson-Watt was, of course, the leader of the team that created […]

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Statue Unveiled

Plaque Unveiled by HRH Anne, The Princess RoyalSeptember 3, 2014
Sir Robert Waton-Watt Statue Plaque was unveiled by HRH Anne, The Princess Royal in St Ninian Square, Brechin on Wednesday 3rd September 2014

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Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was born in Union Street, Brechin, in 1892. He showed an early interest in science, spending many hours experimenting in the workshop of his father’s joinery business.

He won a scholarship to Brechin High and later to University College, Dundee where he took a degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Birth of Watson Watt

122nd AnniversaryApril 13, 2015
Today is the 122nd Anniversary of Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watts Birth

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Rough Justice – Poem by Watson Watt

On one occasion, late in life, Watson-Watt reportedly was pulled over in Canada for speeding by a radar-gun toting policeman. His remark was, "Had I known what you were going to do with it I would never have invented it!" He wrote an ironic poem ("Rough Justice") afterwards:

Pity Sir Robert Watson-Watt, strange target of this radar plot,
And thus, with others I can mention, the victim of his own invention.

His magical all-seeing eye enabled cloud-bound planes to fly,
but now by some ironic twist,
it spots the speeding motorist and bites, no doubt with legal wit, the hand that once created it

by Sir Robert Watson-Watt
1892 - 1973

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